Australian kidnapped in Afganistan. Katherine Jane Wilson a member of the Zardozi charity is another victim of Afghan Kidnap and Ransom. The 60 year old snatched from her villa in the eastern city of Jalalabad (J’bad) in the early hours of 28th April by armed men in uniforms. There is little information at present, but there … Read More
Jalalabad
HEAT Risk Assessment
A HEAT Risk Assessment (RA) is essential for working in hostile enviroments and is a potent tool for ensuring your safety, however the term risk assessment automatically make peoples eyes glaze over. Thoughts of death by power point from instructors eager to show their knowledge by burdening simple topics into complexity a heavy chore. I’m … Read More
Jalalabad Suicide Attack
Warning: This blog contains graphic images Jalalabad, Bishud bridge, Eastern Afghanistan, June 2010. Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar Province in Eastern Afghanistan. It is 150km to the east of the Kabul and is set at the confluence of two large rivers, the Kabul and Kunar, tributaries of the great Indus river which they meet … Read More