Impromptu trip to Afghanistan an eye-opener: Shrewsbury resident accompanies noted photographer to war-torn zone
It was worse than a third-world country, it was more like a fifth-world country," he said, adding that he came away with a sense that Americans have no real understanding of what Afghanistan is like now, after the war to rout the Taliban from control. He found that there was no electricity and very little running water available. "The hotel was minimal at best. I washed with bottled water and there was no place to wash clothes." Once back in Kabul, Petrosemolo was able to observe the life of the city. He stayed in a guest house that was guarded by a man with a machine gun. Of the preconceptions he carried with him to Afghanistan, there was one he left behind. "I thought I was going to see a country recovering," he said. - Petrosemolo has exposed the lies of the US goverment in claiming they are reconstructing Afghanistan. In fact, it has gone from a third world country to a fifth world country.
It was worse than a third-world country, it was more like a fifth-world country," he said, adding that he came away with a sense that Americans have no real understanding of what Afghanistan is like now, after the war to rout the Taliban from control. He found that there was no electricity and very little running water available. "The hotel was minimal at best. I washed with bottled water and there was no place to wash clothes." Once back in Kabul, Petrosemolo was able to observe the life of the city. He stayed in a guest house that was guarded by a man with a machine gun. Of the preconceptions he carried with him to Afghanistan, there was one he left behind. "I thought I was going to see a country recovering," he said. - Petrosemolo has exposed the lies of the US goverment in claiming they are reconstructing Afghanistan. In fact, it has gone from a third world country to a fifth world country.
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