Law of the Gun

By Sayed Madadi, Jalil Raunaq, Sakina Amiri, and Amir Behnam

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In the summer of 2021, when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban’s control, Khodarahm was busy under the blazing sun on his farmlands in a remote village in Nawur, Ghazni. For villagers like him who rely on subsistence agriculture, summer means relentless labour. It is also the season when the Kochis, nomadic tribes from the south-eastern and Eastern parts of the country begin arriving in the area in search of water and pasture.