Friday, March 30, 2012

Snowboarding in Afghanistan

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The skiing in Afghanistan is superb due to the cold winters and for most of the time, lovely crisp powder snow. I did quite a bit of skiing...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Did our letter have an influence on President Obama?

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Amid fresh concerns over the safety of American forces, President Barack Obama says the accidental burning of Korans in Afghanistan and the...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

My Queen of Kabul - Nancy Dupree

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Kabul, the city Nancy Dupree wrote a book on and fell in love with. Photo: Bob McKerrow It has been most enjoyable and productive having ...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Some new old photos of Afghanistan

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Over the weekend I was sorting out colour slides and scanning them. Here are a few from 1976 and my three years (1993-96) later. On top of ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Who is killing Afghanistan?

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The Blue Mosque in Mazar-I-Sharif which is a Shrine to Ali and revered by the Shia Muslims.  Taken in 1976 when I was working for the Red Cr...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

9/ll 2001- My recollections of that day and the aftermath

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9/11- 2001, Ferney Voltaire, France 10 September 2001 (9/10) I had just come back from a walk past soft yellow corn fields, caressed by t...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Never ask a Frenchman to buy food for a mountaineering expedition

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Our camp on Kohe Jalgya at 4300 metres. The peak is at the top left. Photo: Bob McKerrow My last climb in Afghanistan was in June 1996. I...