Beer tonight with Mark, Ricky,

Beer tonight with Mark, Ricky, Gary, Arron, Joel, Anthony, Kristian. Final remaining plan now cancelled too, so a free agent tomorrow. I’m trying to come up with some unusual way to spend the day.

For those of us who

For those of us who like to get more than one version of the news, I heartily recommend OTN’s Afghan Media Monitor which is offering English language translations of news stories broadcast by the Afghan media, including the AIP (Afghan Islamic Press).
OTN’s reporting style tends to focus more on people on the ground than the wider politics. It can offer great insights. See their homepage.

How bizarre – my mum

How bizarre – my mum has just phoned me from the pub to see if I’m going out for a drink. Under normal circumstances, of course I would. But with the residue of my monumental headache of yesterday still rumbling around my synapses, I’m going to pass, curl up on the sofa, and have an early night.

There are a lot of

There are a lot of aircraft flying in the same direction at very high altitude over here. It is very reminiscent of the build up to the invasion of Kuwait during the Gulf War, when there were aircraft passing over every minute or two. I predict that the US are about to step up their activities in Afghanistan significantly in the next few days.