I take a lot of pictures from the window of the airplane. There isn't much else to do, and even though the terrain is similar, I guess, I still find it fascinating. These pictures are in sequence from about 45 minutes NE of Kandahar to closer to Kabul, though still 15 minutes or so west of the city. The flight from Kabul to Kandahar takes just over an hour, but the return flight takes well more than 90 minutes, closer to two hours. I have no idea why this is. All I know is, for the first time since I have been in Afghanistan, I traveled somewhere and wasn't delayed hours and/or days by dust storms or dark or something else. Also, a traveling companion, who up to now had been mortared on every single trip, and thus who is clearly bad luck (I have been shelled outside Kabul only three times), also broke his streak, as no incoming at all occurred. This probably means that when I go back to Helmand, as I must next week, I'm due for a double whammy.
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