Comments on: Has the “Kabul bubble” burst? http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2009/10/29/has-the-kabul-bubble-burst/ Lifting the veil on conflict, culture and politics Sat, 04 May 2013 12:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Siddiq http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2009/10/29/has-the-kabul-bubble-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Siddiq Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/?p=304#comment-134 I am working with an NGO here in Kabul, I can tell that the security situation has worsened by at least 80% compared with years gone. On the street where our offices and guest houses are located, they have introduced three new massive Iron barriers and increased the security personnel by about 50%, that’s beside the massive blast proof concrete walls we already had in place. The distance between our offices and the Airport is about 1.5 miles, going there require us having at least two off roaders full of Gurka security guards and a bullet proof land cruiser. We are already decreasing our expat staff and assigning their positions to Afghan employees. This should give you an idea how bad the security situation is. Back in 2002 -3 we could easily walk into a bar in Wazir Akbar khan area and stay there until late hours. I am working with an NGO here in Kabul, I can tell that the security situation has worsened by at least 80% compared with years gone.
On the street where our offices and guest houses are located, they have introduced three new massive Iron barriers and increased the security personnel by about 50%, that’s beside the massive blast proof concrete walls we already had in place.
The distance between our offices and the Airport is about 1.5 miles, going there require us having at least two off roaders full of Gurka security guards and a bullet proof land cruiser.
We are already decreasing our expat staff and assigning their positions to Afghan employees.

This should give you an idea how bad the security situation is.

Back in 2002 -3 we could easily walk into a bar in Wazir Akbar khan area and stay there until late hours.

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