Rick in Afghanistan

Goodbye Afghanistan. It's Sunday night, my last night here. I'm leaving tomorrow. Unless something remarkable happens on the trip ho...

One of the team drivers, Abdul, and I have a running joke. I don't even remember how it started, but whenever one of us first sees the o...

The goodbyes have started. Earlier this week my driver, Shirin, gave me an Afghan coat that his cousin sent from Mezar-e Sharif. On Wednesda...

God help us.

I've been thinking about how to best wind down this blog. Yep, I'm leaving. I arrived in Afghanistan on Jan 7, 2007 and I'll be ...

I climbed four of five guard towers at Depot 1 today and took pics. Click here to see them.

Mr. Big Hands I finally got a picture of Mr. Big Hands. He’s one of our guards at Depot 1. His real name is Abdullah and he’s originall...