My first visit to Afghanistan was during the rainy season in late February 2005.  I was there for a week for a pretrial investigation hearing; not only did I get a chance to take a few photos, but the charges against my client were dismissed without going to trial.  Always nice when that works out.  I also had a 6-hour stopover in Qatar on my way back to Kuwait during this trip, but I didn't take too many photos and those that I did aren't that great.
 
 

Soggy days in Afghanistan
Jingle trucks		Inside the "Taliban Last  Stand" building
Top deck of the "Tali-Bar"

    My second visit was in August 2005 to defend a soldier who had dealt drugs at a forward operating base.  Things didn't go so well for him; he received four years' confinement and a dishonorable discharge, though the plea agreement limited his confinement to only one year.  Lesson here: DON'T DO DRUGS.
 
 

T-55 in a minefield
Dawn over the Hindu Kush	Korean forces emblem. Pretty cool, isn't it?
	Afghan children outside the fence
Old Soviet plane	The TDS crew and Bailey	Bailey and me
British Nimrod planes	Greetings from Oman!