Chapter Ten
Monday, February 22, 1988
Kabul
After working all morning in his office on the fourth floor of the KGB’s offices in the Dar-ul-Aman area, Severinov finished his notes on Javed Hasrat, inserted them into a thick brown paper envelope, and headed down the worn wooden staircase.
After leaving the building, he glanced left along Dar-ul-Aman Road to the palace, a splendid turreted European-style stone mansion atop a small hill that dominated the surrounding area. After being restored following fire damage, it now housed the Ministry of Defense.
From there, he walked around the corner and entered the KHAD offices, also built from local stone. After clearing security, he descended to the basement, walked along the corridor past the gray steel entrance to the detention rooms, and e
