Kabul's green zone is a place where diplomats fly in cheesecake from New York and cases of wine from Europe, but many of those residing inside the ...
KABUL, Afghanistan: Kabul's green zone is a place where diplomats fly in cheesecake from New York and cases of wine from Europe, but many of those residing inside the heavily fortified enclave are not allowed to walk without an armed guard even for a distance of 100 metres.
It grew from a cluster of fortified embassies after the Taliban's 2001 overthrow by U.S.-led forces. In 2017, a truck bomb near the German embassy, one of the green zone's entry points, killed or wounded hundreds, prompting further enlargement. The number of closed-circuit cameras throughout Kabul would more than double to 800 within the same period, he said, helped by a US$42 million contribution from the Australian government.
"Sometimes I feel that they are living a life completely different from us," said Tamim, 28, a shopkeeper, of the"western style of life" inside the green zone. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the green zone provided government and foreign officials mere"psychological relief".
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