VIRUS DIARY: `Father, why don’t they stay home like we do?’

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Judas trees must be blooming these days out at the Gulghendi Hills, their purple flowers bursting gloriously all over the green slopes. They hold a festival there every year, where musicians play and families fly kites. Normally, my family would take a weekend trip there to escape Kabul. There, or […]