Perhaps it is prosaic that the first morning I wake up in Istanbul, the Nato/ISAF base in Kabul is under attack from a suicide bomb, the biggest attack in 6 months. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8202758.stm
I am alive and well and currently enjoying a more relaxed islamic environment.
Until I have more news have a look at http://trueslant.com/pjtobia/ I met PJ between vodka and limes on Thursday night at an embassy party.

Atop the mosque in the Gazurgha complex, Herat, Afghanistan
More to post to come on Herat, Kabul and inevitably Istanbul
Duncan DJ
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