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Originally posted by RebeL9 I'm an Afghan myself and visited Kabul several times in recent years. What kind of job are you applying for? I'm actually also considoring working in Kabul. On living there, it depends. If you work on an NGO you are very restricted. You will probably live in the more uptown areas such as Shahr-e-Naw (New City) or Wazir Akbar Khan. These areas are where most western NGOs, organizations and embassies are. Kabul was totally bombed to pieces during the civil war in early 90s. Most of the city have been restored since the fall of the taliban regime. Although you will still find shady areas with no electricity. Electricity is always a problem in Kabul. It have been much better since the last year when power is coming from the Uzbekistan. Most offices and homes still have a diesel generator that they power on when the power goes out. Alot of the water in Kabul is actually cleaner than in many other Asian countries. I've been to India and I didn't dare to drink any water there but bottled water. Kabul however is a bit different. Here most of the water comes from the river of Sarobi east of Kabul and these waters are fresch and nice. I still recommend drinking bottled water to begin with. So what to do in Kabul in your freetime? There are lots of nice souvenire shops and restaurants in Shahr-e-Naw. You can find italian, chineese, turkish and of course afghan cousines in that area. Here you'll also find top modern shopping malls of the same standard as in the west with western brand clothing shops. There are ATMs scattered around and often found near most banks and malls. A popular trip for many afghans is to travel to Qargha lake to the north of city. Avoid going there on fridays since that is the weekend and it's next to impossible to get a good picknick spot. You can go on a boat trip on the lake and even swim (I've tried and it's refreshing!) Also don't miss going to Kabul museum found ner Darulaman. The Babur park is also worth a visit. It have been restored and was once in a time one of the best parks in Asia. Finally I highly recommend a visit to Mandayi. It's the oldest bazaar in Kabul and here you'll find everything! Cheap clothes and some of the best kebab restaurants in the city. But if you are patient enough and stroll deeper into the bazaar you'll find amazing shops which sells the best dry fruits in Asia and lots of other goodies. I usually buy with me over 10 kg of noqool (sugar covered almonds), pistachio and raisins! There is quite alot to do in Kabul. Just have an open mind and you'll do fine :-) If I'm around I'll gladly show you around. Good luck!

interesting. I've done some random reading of people who have worked there, and noted a lot of the same things (Especially the lake up north).

As an Air Force weather guy, i dunno what all i'd be able to do in town. i mean, i honestly have no idea if we are restricted to living in a certain spot or not. but the job description simply says "forecaster/observer: kabul international airport".

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Originally posted by bas I don't want this to come off sounding rude, but T-Bills...this is kind of your job

actually,this is an opportunity that has popped its head around the corner. i can actually choose to apply for this, if i want to. if i don't want, then i don't have to. the only thing is that i have to deploy in dec 2010. don't get me wrong, i'm not like that major at fort hood who didn't want to deploy. i think it'll be an interesting experience. that being said, however, Guam as a deployment spot to me sounds nice but when this popped up, i was like, "hm...interesting" and it kinda sparked my interest.

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I say do it, and nothing...NOTHING could be worse than Enid You'd be living on a base of some kind yes? Something similar to that complex in The Kingdom? That's probably a bad example because that complex got blown to shit, but you get my idea.

i honestly have no idea. i just found out about this on friday...and i emailed someone about it asking for more info; and their out of office response came back. d'oh!

and, meh, Enid isn't so bad. i mean, it has everything one needs to survive. really, Altus is worse than Enid. good lord