Afghans engulfed by violence have begun carrying slips of paper known as pocket notes — homemade, civilian versions of a soldier’s dog tags — with vital information should they be wounded or killed in an attack. nyti.ms/38Fa2RU
Tareq Qassemi knows too well how dangerous Kabul can be. “I could get killed on my way to work or in a car or anywhere, and no one knows about me and they will look for my body everywhere,” he said. “I could just vanish.” nyti.ms/38Fa2RU
Masouma Tajik, a computer science student in Kabul, carries a pocket note with the phone numbers of family members who live hundreds of miles away so that authorities can contact them if she’s a victim of an attack. nyti.ms/38Fa2RU
The constant threat of a sudden, brutal death has left many Afghans with a sense of despair and fatalism. Commuting to work, visiting a friend, buying groceries, striding into a classroom can all end violently. nyti.ms/38Fa2RU
Elsewhere, people carry items that can identify them, but in Afghanistan, driver’s licenses and employee badges are not as common, and credit cards are not used. Afghans get a national identity document, but it’s a hassle to replace. nyti.ms/38Fa2RU
“This is how we live in Afghanistan,” said Arifa Armaghan, 29. “It is not just me. I talk to some people who say goodbye to their families every morning because they don’t know what will happen to them during the day.”nyti.ms/38Fa2RU

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