Events of the past two days in Afghanistan my delay my departure. Two days of protests, some violent and a multiple suicide bomber attack on a US military base outside Kabul as resulted in a UN lockdown. Why the lockdown? The first protest, in northeast Afghanistan resulted in the killing of several UN international workers and some of their Nepalese security guards.
So, will this cause me a further delay? My guess is yes it will. For how long I have no idea. I expect to hear something tonight or early tomorrow morning. If I'm wrong and they still want me to travel, will I given the situation? Yes. My only fear is that I get stranded in Dubai on my own nickel. My contract does not kick in until my boots are on the ground in Kabul, so I don't think they will cover any of my costs if I should be delayed enroute. This is something I will have to clarify before I leave if asked to leave during the current troubles.
Why all the troubles in Afghanistan? Well it seems that a very narrow minded pastor in Florida decided to publicly burn a Quran after holding a "trial" and finding it guilty. Guilty of what I'm not sure. And, although the burning of the Quran went almost unnoticed in Afghanistan, the president of Afghanistan, Mr. Karzai decided to speak out in a speech about the incident. This brought it to the attention of the Afghan people who's Mullahs urged them to protest. It is commonly thought that insurgents highjacked what started out as peaceful protests and turned them violent.
So here I sit and wait. Not just for my flight but it find out if there will be a flight.
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