January 17, 2005
Postcards From Kabul
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Personal photos, sent by a friend serving in Afghanistan in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Thanks for those pics. Shows nothing but tremendous progress. Buildings under construction, people smiling, walking home with over-stuffed bags of goodies, commerce exploding.
Unmitigated Success here. Iraq is next.
Posted by: Hans at January 17, 2005 4:11 PMSure looks like parts of Carolyn Parrish's riding ;-)
Posted by: howie meeker at January 17, 2005 5:36 PMAnother brutal Afghan winter. Bush's aggressive war has left the populace so impoverished that they're forced to wander the streets dressed only in their (rolled up) shirt sleeves.
Temperatures in Kabul are currently hovering around 40 deg. f.
Were the photos taken recently?
Josh
Posted by: Josh at January 18, 2005 12:52 PMYes some of the photos were taken recently. The weather is changing. When the sun is out, it is great, but once it goes behind the clouds it gets bloody cold, -10ish at night. Togue and combat jacket cold. Just this month, we had rain/sleet for days. The snow on the mountains that normally burnt off in the daytime, remained.
I have been told that this ROTO, the people seem to be better outfitted. They are more use to the climate conditions, but the kids now have shoes on their feet and are wearing jackets.