“This is Tehmina, the wife of my son. Did you know Yusuf planned this kidnap with the other boy? Answer me. Did you know?”
Fateh Rashid stalked up and down in front of the foreigners, who stood or lay facing the sun. The unlucky couple had been pushed to the opposite side of the track. Yusuf was on his knees, staring to the ground. The girl looked straight ahead, through the foreigners, silently praying. Fateh Rashid’s men were everywhere.
“This is Pathan country. The Pathan are strong people. With strong traditions. We welcome outsiders, if they don’t make problems. You make a problem for me. Did you know they planned this?”
Yusuf started shouting at the older man in Pushto. It sounded pleading. Dan swallowed hard as he looked at Fateh Rashid. There was no mercy in his gestures, nothin
