Roadside snacks
. On our way back down the valley for the 3 hour drive back to Kabul.
My tour guide for the trip, Mr. Abdullah. As well as speaking impeccable English, Dari & Pashto, he also knew basic Urdu & Arabic after living in Peshawar, Pakistan during the Taliban years.
'Breaking bread' with the guys at a riverside restaurant with Naan & fried fish, fresh from the Panjshir river.
Some kids when we stopped to buy some drinks from on the drive back.
A couple of US Blackhawk helicopters flying into Baghram Air Base, the main US air base in Afghanistan.
An old Soviet era Lada taxi during Kabul rush hour
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My hotel where I was staying the night in Central Kabul, complete with the obligatory AK-47 toting security guard
. The end of a big day after starting at 1:30am, chalking up a new country, and getting a decent dose of culture & history. Tomorrow, a day of sightseeing in the capital of Kabul
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