The whispering game

Without a wide-spread use of media, word of mouth becomes the main route of information for most Afghanis but also for us. You may have heard about an incident involving two westeners and one Afghan guard a few days ago. I've heard the truth about it. Or actually, all the truths. It was an internal showdown between these three guys / There was a misunderstanding / There was a guy in the back of the car / There were lots of people involved / No one else was there / Many people got hurt... There is the official version, our version, the driver's version, everybody knows what happens but tells different stories. When taking photos for the visa, the photographer suddenly had the missing piece of information that noone else but him knew about - they brought Afghan women, and we all know what Afghan men think about that. Yet one piece in the never ending jigsaw puzzle of Afghanistan - the country where the whispering game is played by all.