021913 New Housing and Dig in Kabul, Find a Tank...
The housing area where I live (Freedom Hall) has been condemned and everyone has to move in about a month. Actually the building has been 'condemned' for a year now
(as I found out) as the floors in the bathrooms 'squish' then you walk on them and there is black mold growing on surfaces that haven't rusted completely. But it is a 'war zone'
here so a solid (Kevlar) roof over my head is good enough! One of the pics above is of one of the new housing areas. This is a NATO building so the NATO housing guy has wanted any US personnel to pay an extra 10 euro per day to live here. This is regardless of the fact that the US funds NATO anywhere from 60%-80% already. So there is 'contention' as to whether or not any US personnel will move in. So far the Italians are living it up in there.
A few other pics are just street scenes here today.
Also while digging (for some new construction that will last WAY past when the US departs Afghanistan by the end of next year) a Russian tank was uncovered! Afghanistan
was 'invaded' by Russia in the 80s and doing any digging here will uncover something. While I was in Iraq we were not permitted to dig ANYWHERE (without permission) since there was a good chance you'd find artifacts from a previous civilization. Digging here will find you tanks and UXO (unexploded ordinance)!
R/Chris