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Submitted to Contest #336
CW: This story contains depictions of war, civilian casualties, and the trauma of military occupation. 2002: Pastghanistan By W Goodwin War-tuned vehicles rumbled out of Kabul city every day. I really wanted to ride with those badass guys and cover the action, but they thought I needed to work up to it, prove myself, show this woman reporter was up to the rigors of hanging with the soldiers. To start, they assigned me to the city, but I threw a tantrum and got placed with a ‘presence patrol’ consisting of a couple of low-key civilian cars...
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