Country Info
- Kabul
- Capital
- Afghani (AFA)
- Currency
- 26,813,057
- Population
- AF
- Country Code
Kabul Slideshow
Kabul
Travel Blogs from Kabul, Afghanistan
Second visit to Kabul..working with KMTC
We trained and worked with the Afghan lawyers who were part of the Kabul Military Training Facility, just west of ...
Kabul,In the Era of Renaissance
... and Pakistani fellow Mr.Sharfuddin. Actualy just after the establishment of first interim government in Afghanistan led by President Hamid Karzai,Kabul,a war torn city turned as a center of all UN agencies,N.G.O,s,foreign missions,heavy investment and ...
Blessing my home
Last night I organised a prayer gathering (khatam-e-Quran) to bless my new home. The Imam from the nearby mosque came to lead the prayers as well as other people at the mosque who heard about the prayers - which I thought was very nice of ...
We're kept informed...
... @afgnso.org AWCC: +93 (0)70 216 637 Roshan: +93 (0)799 323 792 Thuraya: 0088 2164 3096 175 Central Region - Kabul Afghanistan The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) exists to provide dedicated security service to the NGO community; ...
We're kept informed...
... @afgnso.org AWCC: +93 (0)70 216 637 Roshan: +93 (0)799 323 792 Thuraya: 0088 2164 3096 175 Central Region - Kabul Afghanistan The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) exists to provide dedicated security service to the NGO community; ...
An evening in HARMONY
This evening I was invited to a gathering where the theme was HARMONY. Invitees were encouraged to share readings, music, presentations on anything related to HARMONY. It was pot-luck so followed by dinner in the end. There must have ...
An evening in HARMONY
This evening I was invited to a gathering where the theme was HARMONY. Invitees were encouraged to share readings, music, presentations on anything related to HARMONY. It was pot-luck so followed by dinner in the end. There must have ...
Rwandan Food
Last night I was invited to J's house for a girly, dinner get-together. J is Rwandan and cooked some delicious food, followed by chocolate cake with banana cream on it. We were an international crowd. H from Uganda, S from Romania, S ...
Thursday night
... in the market are. OK, we've had a security brief today to be extra cautious. No expats allowed to travel outside Kabul city. One of the most well known orgs whose staff are known for the best parties in town are on 'lock down'. No ...
The weekend was a blast (ok, not that way!)
... armed guards through the Ministry of Interior which is a security mandate from my employers. I've enjoyed wandering the streets of Kabul, shopping for house hold items, groceries and books. I feel so much at home here because it's so similar to ...
Kabul
... on strike so we may not be going to the san sebastian area. how do you like the pin marker now, my posse. you thought i was in afghanistan didnt' you? no taliban action for me. i'm out for now. write you up on greece layover. love, ...
Grill Restaurant, downtown Kabul
... am enjoying the fresh clear cool sunshine in the garden of a Hazari run restaurant imaginatively called "The Grill" in downtown Kabul. I have just taught the waiters a new drink. I felt like being eccentrically English and ordered something off ...
Jagged mountains of Afghanistan
... narcotics (trying to quell production of opiates from poppies. Useless fact of the day - 92% of Europe's heroin originates from Afghanistan - I learnt that speech writing for Dr Kim Howlers ). Like others I have met on my short trip here, ...
Afghan Escape
... ;(not unwelcome) to talk about Paddy Ashdown and the Balkans - Paddy is tipped to be the new all singing and dancing figurehead in Afghanistan (EU, NATO and UN all in one). On my arrival, after meeting Simon at the grey grids of portacabins ...
first experiences
dit is een 1e versie om te kijken of het werkt en ik ga er ook zeker nog andere fotos in weven om tek ijken of dat ook ...
I HOPE SOMEONE'S HOLDING THE LINE
... values are based more on wealth and independent thought. Over chicken and chips in the only fast food take away in Afghanistan,I met two young men from Leicester,who commendably went back to their home country and started a business,now that times ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Days 37 & 38
... is somewhat safer, or at least easier to defend...we are right on Darul Aman road, one of the 3 or 4 main target sites in Kabul, and make an escape if we need to although unlikely, there are no or very few buildings taller than us around so nowhere for ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 3
... now...I fear the last 3 years have brought irreversible damage to the progress that appeared to be made...I certainly hope not, Afghanistan is a fantastic place and will always have some sort of strange hold on me... something, unless you have been out ...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? OR NOT?
... Square.In the middle of the traffic island here is a tribute to the politician and former Mujahideen commander,who returned to Afghanistan in 2001 to rally coalition support,only to be surrounded by the Taliban and hanged,before the help that he had ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Days 10-14
... 5yr old boy is in the same room...his comment was "...yes, I am sick of being here with you, I would rather be in Afghanistan...", I could not help but laugh, it was funny, right out of the mouth of babes...although, as you can imagine Aleah was not in ...
Bhuddas, palaces, and embassy parties
... of the culture here: women have generally never played a sport, most people have never travelled to other areas within Afghanistan despite being professionals, and internationally most had only travelled to Pakistan to escape the Taliban (and did not ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 4
... ...at which point Aleah in her culturally sensitive wisdom reaches over, she wants to hold an AK-47, an AK-47 in Afghanistan from our Chakida (guard), and very experienced warrior, a hero no less... I didn't think anything of it and handed it over ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Days 25,26
Okay, rude awakening...this IS a hardship post... I guess for being cheeky about the notion this is a hardship post, I was brought squarely back to down to earth...this morning SUCKS!...I think it was the roughest nights sleep I have had here, not sure ...
In 'soft hibernation' amid election day
... them, and got to about fifty in one direction .. there were hundreds. I'm told now is the kite-flying season. Today was Afghanistan's parliamentary elections. The city is littered with election posters on every pole and wall. (I was told that because TV ...
PASHTUN
DID YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AFGHANISTAN,PASHTUN,DESTINATIONS,CITIES,HOTELS,BUSINESS,IMPORT EXPORT,TOURIST AREAS,MOUNTAINS CLIMBING, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTION ...
Afghanistan – Kabul and surroundings
... with beaming smiles. The next morning we were on the road again heading to Mazar-E Sharif in northern Afghanistan (see separate blog entry). Back in Kabul visiting the Museum, we had an encounter with the US Ambassador and his heavily armed security ...