FInally a new post---Trip to Kabul

Well sorry I haven't been able to update this as often as I would like to. It’s a combination of not having fast enough internet access & being fairly busy getting my feet wet in this new job. Well as many of you heard on the news the Taliban had 2 suicide bombers blow themselves up killing 10 civilians and 3 police officers in the nearby town of Herat which was really tragic and sad. Some of the people I work with know those killed and its always a somber day to hear of innocent lives being lost. The Taliban are desperate for ways of interrupting the upcoming elections which the police and army are hoping to secure. Well attached are some of the photos I took on a recent trip to the capital city of Kabul. It appears I’ll be journeying this way somewhat often for different business trips. While I am supervising a medic course for both army & police medics my job really has very little clinical which is kind of a change for me and also disappointing but right now we are working trying to hire doctors, nurses and medics and provide facilities for them to work in so they can help take care of the many injured army/police. The west where I’m working has been called the wild wild west for its scattered gun fights with the insurgents but also because it has been the last place for the NATO countries to reach….we are quite a ways behind the rest of the country. Well enough talk…here are some pictures of the airport in capital which has a really nice soccer field. Also some pics in the Italian flight I took across the country and some of the local villages near the airport. I’ll try to keep you all updated now that my internet here is working a little better.