Friday, May 18, 2012

A Bakers View Of The Afghan War

Aziz Rahmon, owner of Aziz Bakery inside Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province, Afghanistan. Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times

An Outpost Of Afghan Dining Inside An American Military Base -- New York Times

At Forward Operating Base Salerno recently, the April air at lunchtime smelled fragrantly of eucalyptus and roses.

The camp, near Khost in the eastern reaches of Afghanistan, within miles of the Pakistan border, was once known locally as “rocket city” for all the enemy bombardment it used to receive. This region is, after all, Haqqani network territory and one of several throughways that insurgents used for years to move back and forth across the border.

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My Comment: Damn .... I am hungry right now .... and I suspect that his food must be very good.

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