BBC reporter abandoned in Afghanistan by the Yanks
One of the American vehicles broke down en route. Unknown to us, the agents were inside and decided to cancel the trip and beat an unseemly retreat to the airport. It actually took two hours of bone-crunching, off-road driving to get to the village. By the time we arrived, the whole district had gathered on either side of a long cordon to greet the Americans who had funded their new school. Unfortunately, I and the Continue reading BBC reporter abandoned in Afghanistan by the Yanks