Afghans Don’t Bleed: Borders and Personhood Under Empire
9 min readSep 9, 2021
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” — Edward Said
On August 31st, the American Empire officially “ended” their nearly 20 year long occupation of Afghanistan. The chaotic spectacle that accompanied the military withdrawal, including the…
