We recently had two staff members robbed at gunpoint as they were leaving one of our program villages. They were traveling by motorcycle and about five kilometers from the village they were intercepted by two men, one with an AK47. The thieves took their mobile phones, the motorcycle, and about $200 in cash. Luckily, they weren’t injured. The incident didn’t appear to be ideologically motivated so no Taliban just bad guys with guns. Kinda makes me nostalgic for Baltimore!
We reported the incident to the police, the governor, the deputy governor, the UN mission, the NATO base, and my mom. They all promised that the perpetrators would be brought to justice, my mom was especially fired up! Unfortunately, it's like the wild, wild west out here, too many places to hide and not enough people interested to look.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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