So, if any of you recall around December last year, I wrote of our lockdown and how miserable that was. Well that was nothing. We are coming out today from a 5 day total lockdown. Not even movement between houses. Rats in a cage we have been. Though, let me tell you, I do not think I would have made it through without having such a cool house. We actually tried to turn it into a little bit of fun. Movies on the porch, a bbq one evening, it was ok. However, the caged feeling was still here and wow was it tough.
If you have read about all the turmoil, though, you would know it was for a good reason as do I. 73 attacks across Afghanistan during election and some big ones even here in Kabul leading up to the elections. Therefore, I cannot fault our security for being extra cautions. We even had two extra guards at the house and a driver with car in case we had to make a hasty exit. I do fault these violent extremists though. If it were not for them we would not have been locked down.
In the end all was ok. We were not even close enough to hear any of the stuff going on in the city. Realistically there is a mountain between us and the city so we are sort of sepperated. In many cities in the U.S., technically we would be a suburb of Kabul as we are about 10 miles from the city's center. However, Kabul is the name of the city proper and within that city are different areas. We happen to be in one of the furthest from the center of town. So we are all safe and sound and glad like you would not believe that this 5 day period is over.
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