Country Info
- Kabul
- Capital
- Afghani (AFA)
- Currency
- 26,813,057
- Population
- AF
- Country Code
Afghanistan Slideshow
Afghanistan
Travel Blogs from Afghanistan
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 2
... a damn thing...so, consider the scenario now, some US General who's name shall remain anonymous decided that it was time to make Afghanistan dry for most expats, meaning I can no longer readily go to the PX and pickup a supply of booze...so, no booze, ...
Afghanistan History
... drought. Canada is making important diplomatic, security and development contributions to the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan. Canada’s development assistance is part of this whole-of-government approach to address the unique ...
Remember the rain?
Well, the rain is gone now! There's no spring here at all. None. Nada. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. As a friend here said, we went from wearing fleece tops, long pants and boots to shorts, t-shirts, and running shoes like....overnight! I'm uploading a photo ...
Telephone Shack
I was attempting this morning to make a phone call back home, and decided to use my telephone card which was given to me when I arrived here in KAF. CANCAP employees are given a telephone card that accumulates an amount of minutes that roll over ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 5
... no AK-47 wielding gunmen shooting at you or car bombs...I acknowledge that the drivers in Tulsa are only marginally better than those of Afghanistan...but we'll leave them out of this for the time being...I don't think there is much hope of fixing that ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 8
... ... 1. Weight loss... 2. Exercising regularly (twice a day), 3. Eating healthier (as far as is possible in Afghanistan), 4. Reducing the alcohol intake (by about 99.8%), No wonder I'm irritable...BARK! Alrighty, so I was sitting with one of ...
Last Day of January!!
Well, the last day of January. Thirteen weeks until my vacation starts! Yippee!! I’ve been here in KAF for one and a half weeks now. A lot of folks refer to our time here as being like Groundhog Day, with every day being just the ...
Le départ
Je suis partis vraiment tôt le matin a bord d'un C-130 Hercule. C'est pas exactement un avion confortable... Comme c'était la nuit, il ne fesait que 30C a l'extérieur. J'uste assez pour ne pas suer quand on reste assit sans bouger. Mais comme je ...
Catching up
A big apology to my faithful blog readers! I've been negligent on here, but I find that the necessary security constraints and the fact that everyday here is pretty much the same as the one before makes coming up with interesting topics quite ...
Do you want to know about Afghanistan,Pashtu
Did you want to know about Afghanistan, Pashtu language, cities, culture, tourist areas, hotels, and more. Do not hesitate to contact me at surgulpashtun@hotmail.com Your suggestions and comments ...
On the run
Afghanistan has quickly become a very scary place to be. Last night the Russians invaded and before I knew it Kabul had become very unsafe. I used all the money I had left to buy a ride out of town, but I don't know how I will get across the border. I am ...
Roll Up The Rim - Kandahar Style!
So Tim Horton's here in KAF held a recent 'Roll Up The Rim To Win' contest. I won a brown leather backpack on the first day of the contest, which is quite nice. There were only 250 of these to win! Others were trying to win a baseball hat. I won one of ...
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More news...
Today was a really cold day. No sunshine whatsoever! I enjoyed a nice and productive day at work and am starting to know my duties which sure helps a lot. I'm not asking for so much guidance and help from my co-workers and that’s a nice feeling!! ...
Famous Person Sighting
Well, as of today I've been here for 4.23 weeks, 29.58 days, and 709.82 hours. Only 22.06 weeks to go before the end of my contract! (154 days). Seems like a llloonngggg time, but in some ways the time is going quite fast. Today was a bit warmer in ...
Day Off
... put some photos up of the memorial created to remember those Canadians who lost their life while serving on active duty here in Afghanistan. It's located within the confines of the headquarters. I can't help but have watery eyes whenever I walk by it. ...
Changing Planes in Kabul
... , bordered by red mountains, and full of tanks, helicopters, fighter planes, and soldiers who were mostly Russians. At this time Afghanistan was occupied by the Russians, but there was no feeling of hostility about and we strolled freely. It was a nice ...
Lucknow to Faizabad 127km, 2 days
It is election time in Uttar Pradesh and the 'dance of democracy' as the Times of india hails it- whilst simultaneously crowing that india is the largest democracy on earth and reporting crippling political corruption - is well and truly landing its ...
And the helicopters whirred....
Well, lots of action on the flight lines the last few days. Helicopters and flights coming and going; all day, all hours of the night - no surprises there. I've also noticed since I've been back (holidays in May) how much more dust there is flying ...
An update!
Groundhog Day…sort of….you know the Bill Murray movie where he experiences the same day and routine day after day after day. That's what life is like here. Someone asked me what I was going to be doing on the weekend. That was cute. There are ...