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Bashir Solangi, police chief of Wardak province, sits among rusted-out weapons from the Soviet occupation. As a rebel leader, he was once king of the Solang Pass, laying waste to the Soviet supply convoys who traveled it. He now also runs a restaurant, Popolano's Pizzeria, although he doesn't serve pizza. "Someday," he says. "I'm told it's a kind of bread."


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