H1N1 in Afghanistan??

You’ve probably heard – the swine flu (or as they call it in Pashto – Haych yaww enn yaw) has hit Afghanistan. People are wearing masks, reluctant to shake hands, schools have been called off for a few weeks until this ‘flu’ somehow disappears. The toll – 400 cases of swine flu.But let’s face it! How [...]

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Relief

Afghans didn’t want the run off elections. They were satisfied with karzai’s win in the first round because they were wise enough to know that an election without fraud is impossible in Afghanistan – at least for the next 10 years or so. How long did it take the Americans and they still don’t have [...]

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One of the blackest days of Kabul

Yesterday was clearly a bad day. It was a black day for Kabul but it wasn’t THE blackest of Kabul days. There have been days where hundreds of Afghans have been killed in rocket attacks in Kabul alone.
Nevertheless, it was still a dark day. And it’s haunting.
Next door, in Peshawar 107 people killed in a [...]

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UN guesthouse comes under commando-style attacks

It’s 9.02 am.
6am. Neighbouring suburb, a UN guest house in Sheerpur has come under attack. 6 militants stormed the house and began shooting, killing three UN workers and injuring around five. Numbers to be confirmed. Of course, the Afghans killed haven’t been mentioned yet.
I heard more explosions, sounded like an RPG and then gun firing.
It [...]

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The protest continues

It’s 10.18am. Kabul time.
Yesterday around this time I could hear shouting outside “Death to America” “Death to Democracy”.
Protestors protesting against NATO troops burning the Quraan. En route to Parliament.
20,000 young men. Mostly university students.
A few moments ago approximately 20-30 police cars. Police armed in riot gear speeding towards the parliament. There are reports that another [...]

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Armed and ready to fire…

As I type, there are protest and gunshots outside over 10,000 people.
 
more to come…
 
heading to safety for now

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Run off elections- a big mistake

The run off is a big, big mistake.
Karzai – 54% of the votes (more than necessary to win the elections)
Abdullah Abdullah – around 30%
Okay so some of Karzai’s ballots were ‘fraudulent votes’ (let me point out some of Dr Abdullah’s were too!). ECC found out and decided to throw Karzai’s votes out which dropped his [...]

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Back in Kabul…

So I’m back in Kabul.
It’s Friday 16th October and I’m typing this in Word because the internet is down. How convenient! Second day back and I’m already on lockdown!!!! The reason being – election results may be announced any day soon so they’re taking precautionary measures not to have any of us retards blown to [...]

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Things that make me go ARGHH

Here are things which annoy me in Kabul.
Generalisation …
BUT
- The way guys/girls in Kabul talk – EUGH! The guys talk so FEMININE and POOK… and the girls talk like they’re either 70 years old or 4 years old.
- Or when Afghan girls talk with naaz. *slap*
-Afghan channel TV reporters with their Iranian wannabe accents… and [...]

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Bon Jovi in Afghanistan

Shot through the heart and you’re to blame… you give love a bad name
Blasted loud on my iPod, singing on top of my lungs and jumping around all over my Kabul home. I wonder if Bon Jovi would have ever thought he would have a psycho fan in AFGHANISTAN! Hmmm….
Kabul has been quiet lately. The [...]

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