Security:
Afghanistan will feel like the safest most
peaceful place on Earth, until something happens, you see someone killed, a
bomb go off or a city go into lockdown. Complacency kills.
Afghanistan is a war zone.
Alright you knew that already, but it is a
point that just cannot be underscored enough. This is not an attempt to scare
you off or pretend that going to Afghanistan is some banzai kamikaze suicide
mission, rather an attempt to try and collate as much open source information
as possible to tourists who won't have the resources available to them.
The most important things to note are that
99% of incidents won't ever get reported, what you will hear about will
literally be the tip of the iceberg, and chances are the things most people
worry about, are the minor risks, and the mundane are the more serious.
You need to know why you are going to
Afghanistan and be prepared for the event you may well not return.
(to be continued)
