Monday, June 05, 2006





Miscellaneous shots from Khandahar, Afghanistan. 1) My folks from the Khandahar office. 2) Presenting a medal to one of my folks. 3) This building is where my folks work. It's nick-named "the TLS"--Taliban's Last Stand. It's where the last of the Taliban fighters in Khandahar holed up in 2001. The hole in the roof was made by an Air Force bomb--It's what convinced the Taliban to surrender! Yes, we were standing on the roof! 4) "Jingle Trucks." These garishly decorated trucks are all over Afghanistan. The Afghans regard the decorations as signs of prosperity, and prosperity as a sign of competence. Therefore, whoever has the most decorative truck, must be the most competent, so he's the one people want to hire!

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