| 1 | AFGHANISTAN is said to be the graveyard of empires. | |
| 2 | Afghanistan, we're told, is "the graveyard of empires." | |
| 3 | Pontmercy was one of the three who emerged alive from that cemetery. | |
| 4 | There are no proper graveyards, no birth certificates, and no death certificates. | |
| 5 | Not to mention scared. Because through the gaps in the trees, he could see the graveyard. |