TRYING TO HOLD THE LINE
the 150 pro-government
militia members, many
from nearby villages,
who spread across Karsai
Peak in an attempt to
keep the Taliban at bay.
On the weekend of July
2, the Taliban overran
their positions. Wahab,
Farhad, and 17 others
were killed. Another 25
men were taken hostage.Three months
before their deaths,
28-year-old Abdul
Wahab (right), a
former Taliban fighter,
and 17-year-old Farhad,
the son of their com-
mander, stood guard
at a mud outpost in the
Karsai Mountains in
northeastern Afghani-
stan. They were among
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