Looking Back On Afghanistan

The Times of India picked up this AFP article

Looking back on Afghanistan: US soldier remembers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Looking-back-on-Afghanistan-US-soldier-remembers/articleshow/45684585.cms

ARLINGTON: The Taliban couldn't have given Douglas Livermore a more memorable welcome when he landed in Kabul in June 2013 to begin his Afghanistan deployment.

"I got in on the evening of the ninth, put my kit away, went to bed — and then that morning at, like, 4:30am, the Taliban attacked the airfield," the former US army Special Forces captain recalled.

"I was able to grab three other special forces guys that happened to be at the airfield waiting for their flight out of the country," he added.

Together they raced out to join State Department security personnel to hold off the insurgents for three hours, until dawn broke.

"When it was all said and done, we were grabbing coffee in the little mess hall, and the news was already on CNN — with video from the opposite side of the firefight," he said.

"Definitely a surreal experience." It turned out to be ...