Kabul, Echoes of Saigon – At War

in some ways Kabul was Saigon. Westerners could drink wine and beer and eat Frenchified Afghan food while a rural insurgency gathered strength, moving from village to village, from areas where the Americans had added troops to areas where there were European troops who fought less aggressively or places where there were no troops at all.

And you would realize that sooner or later, the war would come to you.

Link: Kabul, Echoes of Saigon – At War Blog – NYTimes.com