Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Reminder of war


Reminder of war
Originally uploaded by mikelyth.
Like jetsam on a lonely beach the road up through the Khyber Pass is littered with the relics of war. All too often warfare is only an incident away. While were in Kabul a US Army vehicle ploughed into bystanders. Within minutes a full scale riot developed and by the end of the two days many buildings were burned and many people were dead.

These were anti-foreign riots so we had to keep our heads pretty low. As Chris rode back from the office on the first day, he was stopped by a young man who asked his nationality. Chris said he was British. 'It is a good thing that you are not from USA or we would have killed you!'

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