![]() ![]() When Mir arrives in London seeking asylum, it is to James that he turns for help. Not long after James’s return home, Mir and his family are forced to flee Afghanistan, fearing for their lives. ![]() ![]() They soon become firm friends, with Mir an invaluable guide not only to the battle zone, but to the country's complex politics, culture and traditions. The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their friendship when Mir becomes an asylum seeker in London’s East End.In the spring of 1997, James Fergusson, a young freelance British correspondent, encounters a local Pashtun interpreter named Mir in rebel-controlled Afghanistan. ![]()
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