Too close to home

Four hours after I wrote the last post about security deteriorating in Afghanistan, three rockets hit Kabul. These things are launched from 30 kilometers away and have no intended target, and they rarely cause any casualties unless it lands on someone's head. Nonetheless, when one of them landed and detonated in the yard of in my organization's staff house, where all my coworkers were sleeping, I felt like it was a bit too close to home. It did not do much physical damage, but surely, it still fulfilled its purpose: to scare the crap out of the internationals, the aid workers, and the liberal Afghan majority who yearn for peace and progress.