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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Bamyan
Kahliq, one of the nationals working in my office, has been out for a few days and may be gone for a week. When I asked why, his friends told me that he was going home to his village to … Continue reading
Ballae!
Fair warning – thisĀ is a throw-away post. I phoned it in. But one thing that I’ve always felt about writing is that you’ve got to do it every day if you want to get good at it. Obviously, with my … Continue reading
Posted in Entertaining, More or Less
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Walls
When I first flew into Kabul, I noticed something from the air that I couldn’t explain. Driving through the city, I saw it from the ground and I still couldn’t see the reason for what I was looking at. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Super Serious
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We the people . . .
I’ve been reading the Afghanistan Constitution that was adopted in the last few years. Granted, I don’t think they are adhering to many of the responsibilites that should be accruing to the government, but I found these two articles interesting. … Continue reading
Posted in Encyclopedic, yet Mildly Entertaining
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Around Afghanistan in 8 Hours – Pictures
Here are some of the pictures I took to document my quick jaunt out to Herat. None are fantastic since they were mostly shot from the air, but I at least got to get some pictures on what was a … Continue reading
Posted in Mostly Pictures
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Around Afghanistan in 8 Hours
At the last minute, I was assigned to be a courier for our office and had to take some documents and information to one of our remote training centers (RTC’s.) This particular RTC, called Islam Quala (IQ) is unique because … Continue reading
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Adamhani the Teeth
I was talking with the Afghan workers yesterday, and we were telling jokes and laughing about a lot of different things. The topic came up about how they are all going to have to go through a re-interviewing process as … Continue reading
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The Great Game
In the 1800′s, the common belief of the American people was that our country was meant to stretch from ocean to ocean. We believed firmly that nothing was going to stand in our way of possessing all the territory from … Continue reading
Longtime blues
This post is a little introspective, so if you don’t want to know what’s going on inside of me, then stop reading. Also stop reading if you think “what’s going on inside of me” means that you’ll get to see … Continue reading
Posted in Super Serious
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Marks, Mandolins and Meece
“Hey wait! You took all these pictures in your own room!” You exclaim. “So what?” is my casual reply. This is what I refer to as “the position of pain” which sounds dirty, but it’s not. I sit like this … Continue reading
Posted in Mostly Pictures
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