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I have this Deadhead buddy named Gordon Sharpless who lives in Cambodia and does some freelance writing and photography and stuff. He's neat in a "I picked up my life and moved to Cambodia and I'm never coming back" kind of way.

Gordon recently returned from a two week trip to Afghanistan. While he was there, he traveled around seeing for himself how things were going now that the Taliban have been sent packing.

He didn't have time to tour the whole country, but he did spend some quality time in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, two cities which continue to be hubs of US/UN activity. He also spent some time in Bamiyan, which is where those giant Buddhas stood before the Taliban blew them up. Jackasses.

Gordon wrote up his experiences on his website. There are some good pictures, too.

Check it out.