International Cooperation Administration Predecessor to USAID, US Agency for International Development.

Kabul Trots – Diarrhia

Sewage ditch that parallels roads and trails.

Locally made Naan bread.

Farsi word for snow. Jokes abound.

Afghan version of the burka – worn by Afghan women to cover themselves when in public.

Alternative spelling of Ramadan – the Muslim holy month.

Farsi word for a horse drawn “taxi”

Paghman, Afghanistan Town near Kabul – known as the garden capital of Afghanistan

Kochi people Nomadic sheep and goat herders in Afghanistan