Trekking on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.31.08 | 2:24 PM ET

This week, the Observer’s Howard Marks is the latest travel writer to brave a trip to Afghanistan, for a trek along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier. The most striking thing about his return to the country, 20 years after his last visit? The nonchalance of locals. “There have been great changes since your last visit,” one old acquaintance told him. “So, would you like to buy a gun?”

Tags: Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Trekking on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

Ling 07.31.08 | 11:08 PM ET

Being able to buy a gun in Afghanistan is a great change? I suppose it is. I mean, you could just pick oone up lying around 20 years back, but now, given the demand, you have to pay for it…

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