KABUL MARCH/APRIL 2019 Sitting at Kabul airport on my way to England, two weeks of Afghanistan behind me, memories to last a lifetime. Kabul moves on. The concrete walls may grow higher, ...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2019/04/afghanistan-visit-april-2019.html
13th April I landed in Kabul on Friday 13th sitting in row 13 of the plane, counting myself fortunate not to be overly superstitious. As I landed, I thought back to other arrivals over the y...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2018/04/afghanistan-april-2018.html
19TH-23RD APRIL KABUL, THE PEACE CITY Kabul was once a city of gardens, described in the 19th century as a place with “fine cut masonry pools and cisterns, the gardens equal to those of p...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2016/04/19-th-23-rd-april-kabul-peace-city.html
Nagpur is an unexceptional city in Central India. It is not a tourist destination and has little of interest to entice visitors off India's rich cultural trail. But it has one gem which wi...
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Ali is my driver today and it is wonderful to see him. He used to drive us up North over the Salang Pass when security was better. He came on the trip with Matthew Fleming when we opened...
We say our goodbyes in Taloqan. It is always so sad. These trips to such remote areas bond us closely to our drivers, Haji and Quadus and to Mukhtar. We have stories shared over many years. Th...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/14th-october-return-to-kabul.html
It felt so good to have a hot shower in Taloqan in the SCA guest house. We were filthy after our trip and the dust and glitter has nested in our hair. Always makes me feel how harsh the lives ...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/13th-october-onwards-to-rustaq.html
We left early and stopped to picnic by the river. Afghans are experts at picnics and soon carpets and cushions were laid out on the grassy banks of the Korcha River. Clear air, clear skies, clea...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/12th-october-ghulam-rasool-school.html
We were up at dawn to film the sun rising over the mountains and the moon slipping away behind the great range of the Hindu Kush. The mornings are a hive of activity in Worsaj. The narrow street...
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I am sitting in Bibi Ayisha School at dusk. The mighty Anjoman Pass in the distance blushes radiant orange/pink in the evening glow as the sun sets over the Hindu Kush. The mountain ranges on e...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/10th-october-2014-return-visit-to-bibi.html
We checked in to UN for the 2pm flight only to be told that the weather was again against us and we would delay to see if it improved. Meanwhile the skies over Kabul grew dark and heavy and it s...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-last-minute-reprieve.html
The flight to the North proved somewhat eventful. I was travelling with Sayed Mukhtar, who we have known for many years and leads our projects in Takhar, and Leslie Knott, a Trustee and our film ...
It is a year since I was in Afghanistan. Karzai is gone. The new President, Ashraf Ghani, has just been inaugurated in a power-sharing deal with Abdullah Abdullah. The election dragged on from A...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2014/10/october-2014-another-trip-begins.html
Sitting in the departure lounge at Heathrow, I received a call from William Reeve, my trustee, who is accompanying me on the trip. He was unable to make the flight due to a hold up on the undergr...
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2013/10/1st2nd-october-kabul-to-worsaj.html
Click the link below to see Sarah's interview with the Afghan Minister of Education. You may be prompted for a password - EDUCATION (in capitals) https://vimeo.com/51206071
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2012/10/afghan-minister-of-education.html
SEE THIS BBC PIECE FILMED AT OUR GIRLS CRICKET CAMP, KABUL THIS WEEK http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19906742
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2012/10/bbc-news-brighter-future-for.html
AC-DAY3 from Leslie Knott on Vimeo .
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2012/10/video-diary-4th-october.html
AC-DAY2iii from Leslie Knott on Vimeo .
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2012/10/video-diary-3rd-october.html
Sitting at Kabul airport awaiting flight home. Last night we had a splendid evening at the Embassy. We were very generously entertained and it was a wonderful way to end the trip. Sat out late on...
Here is a video diary of the first day of Sarah's trip - 2nd October. Afghan Connection Video Diary One from Leslie Knott on Vimeo .
http://sarahfane.blogspot.com/2012/10/video-diary-of-2nd-october.html
Today was our Girls cricket camp in Kabul. Our day started in the compound car park where we unloaded 2 Land Rovers full of cricket kit, laid it out and sorted it in to piles of kit to distribute...
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Kabul chaos today with so many changed plans! Had a great evening at the BBC last night and met some fascinating journalists and aid workers. Very interesting world of people who have spent ...
Below are the posts from Sarah from 2nd - 6th October, they are published last date first, so scroll down to start at the beginning and work up, or click on 2nd October shown on the right hand ...
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A young girl came in this morning and climbed on to my knee and hugs me incredibly tight. She has Down's Syndrome and her mother, brothers and sisters beat her at home. The way she clings to me ...
Another challenging breakfast of mutton and onions, fresh naan from the bread oven and hot milk with half a mug of sugar...all under the watchful eye of the girls and they expect you to eat every...