Helicopters ferried employees working with the United States and the international military coalition to and from offices in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month as a security blimp kept an eye on the city. Credit Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
New York Times: Life Pulls Back in Afghan Capital, as Danger Rises and Troops Recede
KABUL, Afghanistan — If there had been grumbling before about the deafening intrusion of low-flying American helicopters in the Afghan capital, the discontent has surely multiplied along with the number of flights: packs of them now, coming two, four, six at a time, starting around 7 a.m., then again at midday and at dusk.
Why so many?
“The American Embassy’s not allowed to move by road anymore,” a senior Western official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the news media.
“If you’re at the airport and you have work at the embassy or at R.S.,” he said, referring to the international coalition’s mission, known as Resolute Support, “they fly you over in the morning and back at night.”
After 14 years of war, of training the Afghan Army and the police, it has become too dangerous to drive the mile and a half from the airport to the embassy.
WNU Editor: A depressing read .... but not surprising.
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Kabul Is Becoming More Dangerous?
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