Terry Glavin - It might help to know that in Afghanistan citizenship papers and birth certificates a...

Terry Glavin Zitate

It might help to know that in Afghanistan citizenship papers and birth certificates and the official registration of births and deaths are the exotica of faraway places. One is born 'in the time of the pomegranate harvest' or some such thing or one's birthdate is recorded as the first day of the year if you are even aware of the year you were born.

Terry Glavin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es mag hilfreich sein zu wissen, dass in Afghanistan Staatsbürgerschaftspapiere und Geburtsurkunden sowie die amtliche Registrierung von Geburten und Todesfällen die Exotik weit entfernter Orte sind. Einer wird „zur Zeit der Granatapfelernte“ geboren, oder etwas Ähnliches oder das Geburtsdatum wird als erster Tag des Jahres erfasst, wenn Sie überhaupt wissen, in welchem Jahr Sie geboren wurden.

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