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Lima Halima-Khalil

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Jun 27, 2025

I Stayed. I Forgave. I’m Still Here

Hello my beautiful sister,

I Stayed. I Forgave. I’m Still Here

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Jun 26, 2024

Difficult Year, Lost Dreams

Hello, my darling sister. How are you doing? I’m okay, but it feels heavy today, as you may guess why. It is again June 27, and it is again…

Difficult Year, Lost Dreams

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Jun 27, 2023

Ties of Heartache

For three agonizing years, I have clung to your two hair ties around my wrist, an enduring symbol of our shattered connection. I…

Ties of Heartache

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Mar 7, 2023

My punctured egg yolk

This morning when I was making breakfast I just did the same thing as usual. I made a couple of sunny-side-up eggs for Omaid the way he…

My punctured egg yolk

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Jun 27, 2022

A Year Full Of Losses, If Only Love Prevails over Hate!

It is again 7:46 am Kabul time on June 27. I did try to disappear last year during this month and tried my best to make this month…

A Year Full Of Losses, If Only Love Prevails over Hate!

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Jun 27, 2021

Killing Is Normalized, Sadness Is Worn As A Pride, Death, And Sacrifice Are Encouraged, Life And…

My sister, one year has passed. I have lived through this one year, and every day of this year has been imprinted on my soul. I felt every…

Killing Is Normalized, Sadness Is Worn As A Pride, Death, And Sacrifice Are Encouraged, Life And…

Lima Halima-Khalil

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Mar 17, 2020

Yet Another Lost Generation in Afghanistan

The 19 years’ war in Afghanistan is over, “We want to bring our people back home.” These were the words of President Trump marking the…

Lima Halima-Khalil

Lima Halima-Khalil

Lima Ahmad is P.h.D candidate in the fields of International Security and Human Security at The Fletcher School of Tufts University.

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