If Afghans do one thing well, it's dig holes. They do a lot of digging on base here. One minute there's solid Earth, and the next there's a 10 foot hole with one guy at the bottom swinging a pick and shovel.
It may not sound like dangerous work, but this is Afghanistan. Yesterday, all digging (roughly 100 feet from my room) had to stop because the diggers unearthed an unexploded Russian handgrenade. And today they came across three Russian tank shells.
According to the French EOD soldier I talked to, this is a daily occurance for him and his team to dispose of this 30 year old ordinance. Major Levy told me, "I could be here for 100 years and not get rid of it all, it's everywhere."
It may not sound like dangerous work, but this is Afghanistan. Yesterday, all digging (roughly 100 feet from my room) had to stop because the diggers unearthed an unexploded Russian handgrenade. And today they came across three Russian tank shells.
According to the French EOD soldier I talked to, this is a daily occurance for him and his team to dispose of this 30 year old ordinance. Major Levy told me, "I could be here for 100 years and not get rid of it all, it's everywhere."
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