Yesterday several rockets fired by insurgents hit Bagram Air Base and killed two American soldiers. The American base is approximately forty kilometers northeast of Kabul.
A few people here at the IEC claimed to have heard the rockets explode and seen the smoke rising in the distance, though it seems unlikely that what they witnessed was from Bagram given that the compound where we work is about thirty-five kilometers away. It is, however, very normal to hear what seem to be US airtrikes in the distance. Every so often you can feel the ground shake and loud booming sounds in the distance.
The IEC is situated in Pul-charkhi on the outskirts of Kabul--a bit northeast of the red "Jalalabad" arrow on the map above. Our neighbors here on Jalalabad Road are the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) compound and Camp Phoenix, an American military installation that trains the Afghan National Army (ANA).
A few people here at the IEC claimed to have heard the rockets explode and seen the smoke rising in the distance, though it seems unlikely that what they witnessed was from Bagram given that the compound where we work is about thirty-five kilometers away. It is, however, very normal to hear what seem to be US airtrikes in the distance. Every so often you can feel the ground shake and loud booming sounds in the distance.
The IEC is situated in Pul-charkhi on the outskirts of Kabul--a bit northeast of the red "Jalalabad" arrow on the map above. Our neighbors here on Jalalabad Road are the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) compound and Camp Phoenix, an American military installation that trains the Afghan National Army (ANA).
Thanks for keeping me up to date on what's happening. super interesting stuff...
ReplyDeleteDefinitley very interesting. Will pass on the site!!
ReplyDeleteHey Ali!
ReplyDeleteGood to see your blog! Stay safe and all that precautionary stuff! Can wait to read more about Afghanistan!
Ali,
ReplyDeleteIt's Tim Sullivan. Thanks for the link. I will be sure to follow your work and summer experience. Reading up on what you are doing will be a nice and informative break from my summer research. Unlike you, I will spend my summer in a public library, rather than working in the field.
Plan on sharing your blog with my students...thanks
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