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%T Ground War: Soil, Supplements, and Suffering in Afghanistan %A Mojaddedi, Fatima %J EthnoScripts: Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien %N 1 %P 201-218 %V 24 %D 2022 %K bodily destruction; explosives; fertiliser; ground %@ 2199-7942 %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-8-20043 %U https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ethnoscripts/article/view/2004/1817 %X This paper considers the place of the earthen ground in modern and modernist Afghan history and its relation to contemporary violence. I undertake an analysis of the place of the ground in twentieth century developmental schemes; the relationship between synthetic fertilisers and explosive devices; and the resurgence of corporeal and social violence. By considering the role of agricultural practices - like the use of synthetic and nitrogenous fertilisers - and connecting these to the contemporary proliferation of military grade landmines and improvised explosive devices, I argue that the ground extends both conflict and corporeal destruction in unpredictable ways. Using the supplement as conceptual lens, I reveal how modern supplements introduced into the ground have become a source of the ground’s contamination and of dismembered bodies, which are themselves in need of prosthetic aid. %C DEU %G de %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info