ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: A new book from San Diego-based journalist J. Malcolm Garcia profiles everyday people of Afghanistan amid the constant backdrop of 20 years of war.
Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. SIGAR, released its interim report Wednesday detailing why Afghanistan's government and military collapsed immediately after the U.S. withdrawal., a new book tells stories of everyday people living in the country surrounded by war.
"I suppose the common theme is that people really just want to get on with their lives, and there are these forces that are much bigger than them, that are just bearing down on them," said J. Malcolm Garcia, the author of a new book of essays,"J. Malcolm Garcia's book Most Dangerous, Most Unmerciful: Afghanistan Stories comes out Tuesday, Aug. 30.
The San Diego-based journalist joined Midday Edition Monday to talk about his new collection of nonfiction stories and what he hopes readers will take away from them. "I hope that people don't forget about Afghanistan," Garcia said."I'd like people to see them as real, three-dimensional people who have suffered a great deal and who should not be forgotten by the United States."
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