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Postcard from Peshawar: Shooting Shoot-’Em-Ups in a Tough Town

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Bakht Munir knows porn when he sees it. He scans a display of DVDs, and jabs a finger at one that depicts man and a woman, their faces perilously close. “That’s a porno,” the 43-year-old fruit vendor shouts. “It’s a man kissing a woman.” Aziz ul-Haq, the video shop owner, is incredulous. “This is a family drama, a romance, nothing more.” The crowd of men crammed into his darkened shop nod in agreement. “These movies are destroying the character of our children,” says Bakht, as he storms out. Aryn Baker (’01) reports for TIME.

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Photo by Aryn Baker for TIME

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