Email I sent late night October 20

Today was another intense day. We went to police training academy and watched the Afghan police force learn how to fire their weapons. We also went to the family response unit where U.S. police officers are helping curb domestic violence. As we were leaving the police station we heard two explosions go off though we haven’t gotten word if they were landmine detonations or if they were car bombings. All the security people at my hotel say they haven’t heard of any roadside bombings…today. It shook me up though and it hit home that we are really in a warzone and anything can happen at any moment.
¼br> What is interesting is right now my hotel is crawling with guys in bullet proof vests and guns. I just spoke with someone who said we are at a heightened security threat right now–and have been for the past week. I just talked to the head of security here and he said this past week there have been more eyes on our hotel because of all the government officials who come here.

I have a lot of photos, here are a few:

This is Frank, our photographer. He got some amazing video for our special.

Here I am on the oldest street in Kabul.

A family getting water from a well.