Grief runs deep in Musa Qala as Taliban victory brings weary relief

Everyone here has tales of lost loved ones, but many want foreigners back - with aid not weapons A parade of white Taliban flags lines Musa Qala bazaar right up to the central monument where two kidnappers were hanged in a public execution earlier this year. The flags flutter from almost every shop in celebration, some rough and handmade, others printed and lined with tinsel. The dusty town, an opium trading centre reached most of the year by driving up the gravel bed of a seasonal river, was th...