There Is A Small Corner Of Afghanistan That Is Forever England: Behind The Concrete Walls Of Britain's Afghan Outposts -- The Daily Mail
Fortifed doors, hundreds of guards, an incessant buzz of helicopters... Award-winning photographer Simon Norfolk goes inside Britain's most dangerous foreign outposts
When you first catch a glimpse of the British Embassy in Kabul, it’s an unprepossessing sight. Lurking behind a concrete barrier is a corrugated metal shed with an air-con unit and a huge satellite dish stuck to the outside. There’s no flag to give away what it is, for fear of advertising itself as a target.
Look closely though and there’s a small battered sign attached to the wall saying ‘British Embassy Kabul, Reception’. On the door itself the famous Lord Kitchener recruiting poster is adapted to remind personnel to ‘wear and display’ their pass at all times.
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My Comment: An interesting look at how our forces and diplomats live in Afghanistan
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