The Roashans
A dirt road lined with tall poplars in autumn colours, mountains in the distance.
The road to PaghmanFrédéric Gadmer, Archives de la Planète, Musée départemental Albert-KahnCC BY-SA 4.0

Memoir · 15 chapters

My Ancestral Home

“It does not serve that purpose,” the author warns readers looking for a history or a geography. Instead it depicts the way of life of the lower middle class in Kabul and Nangarhar, through one life: an autobiography “with a difference.”

Start with the Preface Mohammed Khalid RoashanWritten in Kirkland, Washington

Contents

15 chapters + preface
  1. Preface1 min read
  2. First Adventure Out51 min read
  3. Weapons and I16 min read
  4. School28 min read
  5. With The Nomads31 min read
  6. My Special Friend “F”15 min read
  7. Bamian25 min read
  8. Arranged Marriage18 min read
  9. The Ameer18 min read
  10. Our Homes14 min read
  11. Involuntary Employment21 min read
  12. Student Again17 min read
  13. Government Service29 min read
  14. Bakhtar News Agency13 min read
  15. Cabinet Post15 min read
  16. Years of Change20 min read