you want to stump most peop on a geography test, just ask them to
point out Tajikistan. I was in Central Asia on a mission: I wanted to get into northern Afghanistan where I was to meet with Ahmad Shah Massoud. the mythical "Lion of the Panjshir" of the embattled Northern Alliance. The only way to go was in through the town of Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Unfortunately. the government of Uzbekistan had recently closed Termez to foreign infi ltration-no one was permitted to enter. This didn't leave me with many options.
Taj ikistan. I was hoping to link up with the UN. who are working with Tajik refugees in southern Tajikistan. I was hoping that the UN would be my ticket into forbidden Termez.
So I decided to take the long way round and sneak through war-torn
