One of the many buildings that tell a story…

One of the many buildings that tell a story…
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Different parts of Kabul look pretty different. While I expected to see some areas that looked practically modern, new buildings good streets etc, well that didn’t quite happen (there are new buildings but sometimes they are on dirt or severely “potted” roads or have beggars right outside of them). The different parts of Kabul do have big differences but sometimes they are more subtle than one might expect. My neighborhood is an example of subtle differences. Some areas look like they are falling apart and I didn’t notice that some of them look like they are falling apart because they were shot up. It should be noted that the bullet holes in the side of this building are not from recent fighting (well not since the US invasion) but from the civil war. I am about a block away from a fairly large main street and apparently (as I understand it) two opposition groups were on either side exchanging daily fire/mortar and as you can see the buildings suffered (as did many of the people). Now a family appears to live next door with kids and all, and I would bet that the inside of the house looks a bit better than the outside, and probably doesn’t tell nearly as good of a story