Woke up to gunfire

[Times Roman]

woke up from an early sleep with security telling me to get in the safe room. there was a guy out in the street with a body bomb. then some gunfire, and a couple of the combatants were killed. one was karzai's cousin. police were going from house to house trying to find the guy, one of the houses was right next door.

anyways, they got the creep, and now I can go back to sleep

Goodnight!

[SlimmerMe]

My heart just went into my throat.....

STAY SAFE~

[oscarjones]

A body bomb???

Is that like a suicide bomber?

[Times Roman]

A body bomb???

Is that like a suicide bomber?

one and the same

we don't call it "suicide" cuz no one gives a ratt's ass about the bomber

[oscarjones]

one and the same

we don't call it "suicide" cuz no one gives a ratt's ass about the bomber

MFers.. Glad you didn't get body bombed today.

[Times Roman]

....about dozing off and woke up to gun battle again. Within a one block radius. Several AK-47's, a few emptied their 30 round clip. A little while later....

BOOM! NDS, the National Security Force was coming from complex to complex searching for these guys. the walls between the complex's are ten to fifteen feet high solid concrete. Instead of going around these walls, NDS just uses an explosive devise and blows holes in the walls, then comes on through. By this time, I'm outside. Things quiet down again. But if it happens again, and we get in the shit, I've got an AK with me this time.

Don't know how much sleep I'll be getting tonight.....

[Times Roman]

....NDS is still chasing down these guys. evidently, there were 4 to begin with. three are dead. but right across the street, next to my office there is a family. This is where the gun fight is now at. This family has kids, three of em, and they are like 8 5 and 3. I hope nothing happens to those kids.

one of our guys gave an NDS guy some water, and we were able to get an update. evidently, when the gunfire first went off, people (civilians) were looking out the windows to see what was going on, and the jerks were firing up at the people looking out the windows.

[pheenyx1]

Wow. Way to put my life in perspective. Stay safe bro.

[oscarjones]

Srsly... be careful man.

[paulzane]

Stay safe!

[Twist]

That sounds exciting to me. I would definitely join the military except for the whole no women thing.

[DSM4Life]

That sounds exciting to me. I would definitely join the military except for the whole no women thing.

Agree.

[Shol'va]

Sounds like security can't protect you as much as it should. You might want to rethink about that money and whether it is all worth it. Of course if you decide to stay can I have your Harley?

[PK-V]

Godspeed

[wmaousley]

ahhhh nothing like waking to mortars, or small arms fire. Beats the hell out of a cup of coffee!!!!

[Times Roman]

http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/3...e-in-his-house

dont forget to watch the video at the bottom. the initial picture of the house on the video is right next door. I was taking pics of it this morning from our office balcony. I can send em to you if anyone is interested?

Anyways, here's the article....

Unknown gunmen stormed the house of a senior aide to President Karzai, Jan Mohammad, in Kabul killing him and an Afghan MP representing Oruzgan, police officials said.

The gunmen killed Jan Mohammad Mohammadi, a senior advisor to President Hamid Karzai and former governor of Oruzgan province, along with Mohammad Hashim Watanwal, Member of Parliament representing Oruzgan province.

The incident happened in Kabul's district 3 at around 08:00 pm local time.

Afghan security forces were immediately deployed to the area and clashes between the attackers and the Afghan security forces continued for four hours until the siege was ended.

Unconfirmed reports said three Afghan police soldiers were wounded in the incident, but the exact number of militants killed is unclear.

Police have captured one militant armed with an AK-47 and a grenade launcher.

Witnesses say the gunmen killed several of Mr Jan Mohammad's security guards before breaking into the house.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Some of the similar recent attacks have also been claimed by the Taliban.

The attack comes as Nato has started security transition to Afghan forces amid concerns about the capabilities of the Afghan security forces.

The Taliban have recently shifted tactics by targeting Afghan officials and influential leaders.

Last week Ahmad Wali Karzai, the leader of Kandahar provinvial council and the half-brother of the Afghan President, was shot dead by his bodyguard and the Taliban claimed responsibility.

Following the assassination in Kandahar, the governor of Helmand province Gulab Mangal also survived an IED attack.

The Taliban continue their attacks as Afghan President Hamid Karzai still insists on making a peace deal with the group.

[Times Roman]

Sounds like security can't protect you as much as it should. You might want to rethink about that money and whether it is all worth it. Of course if you decide to stay can I have your Harley?

I used to collect money out in the ghetto at night. Always had to watch my six so that no one would pop a cap off in my ass. This shit gets my blood pumping. After the second round of action, I grabbed an AK.

I'm staying, Shovel. and NO, you cannot have my harley. "E" for effort on trying though....

[Twist]

I watched the documentary "Restrepo" and the whole time all I was thinking was, "what the **** are we doing there?"

[Times Roman]

I wake up this morning, and I hear...

Bam! Bam! Bam!

and I'm thinking... what? again?

and then I realize it's the construction crew next door pounding nails....

[songdog]

Sounds like Brooklyn NY.

[TBrah]

how come you have an ak47? Don't they make you carry what everyone else does?

[auslifta]

Look after yourself mate, you got a family back home.

[RaginCajun]

stay safe you old fart! didn't they kill karzi? i thought i may have read that somewhere?

[Times Roman]

how come you have an ak47? Don't they make you carry what everyone else does?

All the automatic rifles used by our secuirty force are AK-47's. Usually, I won't carry a weapon. But in this instance, and since we have extra, I grabbed one. Had an extra 30 round mag too!

BTW... i don't live on a military base. I live in a secure civilian compound.

[Times Roman]

stay safe you old fart! didn't they kill karzi? i thought i may have read that somewhere?

no. the assassins killed his cousin during this activity. Recently, they killed his brother in Kandahar province.

[TBrah]

All the automatic rifles used by our secuirty force are AK-47's. Usually, I won't carry a weapon. But in this instance, and since we have extra, I grabbed one. Had an extra 30 round mag too!

BTW... i don't live on a military base. I live in a secure civilian compound.

O I always thought you did live on a base. You should just keep it with you if you could but it's probably not a normal thing to do that.

[RaginCajun]

no. the assassins killed his cousin during this activity. Recently, they killed his brother in Kandahar province.

thanks for the clarification. and watch your back!

[gym_junki]

Times Roman what is it you do there if you don't mind me asking? Are you deployed there for security part of a security company? Hahha ak's are good mate most reliable firearm iv ever shot. Be safe mate

[Times Roman]

O I always thought you did live on a base. You should just keep it with you if you could but it's probably not a normal thing to do that.

by law, here in afghanistan, since i do not have a permit, i cannot carry.

but there are times when the law seems less important than other things going on out in the street?

[Times Roman]

thanks for the clarification. and watch your back!

thanks mate.

it's funny, how after a day of that going on, or a night i should say, and then the next day all the citizens are going about as if nothing happened... it's just business as usual for them

[calgarian]

thanks mate.

it's funny, how after a day of that going on, or a night i should say, and then the next day all the citizens are going about as if nothing happened... it's just business as usual for them

When you live in that kind of environment you get use to things...I am happy that you r ok....do you have bullet resistant vest? ....AK47 always my fav.

[Times Roman]

Times Roman what is it you do there if you don't mind me asking? Are you deployed there for security part of a security company? Hahha ak's are good mate most reliable firearm iv ever shot. Be safe mate

I'm just a contractor, directing the finances for a medium size project. We really have nothing to do with "security". Our project is aimed at clean and renewable energy. Installing solar street lights, minihydro power stations, that sort of thing.

[calgarian]

especially one of these attached to it....

[RaginCajun]

especially one of these attached to it....

i am about to order one of these. i have a lot of 30 round clips and even hog (no cal, not the human kind) hunt with a 10 round clip.

[Times Roman]

When you live in that kind of environment you get use to things...I am happy that you r ok....do you have bullet resistant vest? ....AK47 always my fav.

yep! kevlar helmet and vest

looking at em right now

[Times Roman]

especially one of these attached to it....

i had two banana clips, each holding 30 rounds.

how many rounds does that hold?

[calgarian]

i am about to order one of these. i have a lot of 30 round clips and even hog (no cal, not the human kind) hunt with a 10 round clip.

damn it you got me exited for a second

[PurpleOnes]

Damn you live in a ruff neighborhood , I'm kinda glad that I live safe place. Once I lost my keys and the next night I woke up to open front door and there was nobody in front of it, that kinda freaked me out. Next day somebody tried to open my door again ,

but I managed to change my door lock the day before. Atleast I haven't seen a gunfire , lucky me xD

[gym_junki]

Ahh nice, sux about the shit thats happening there when I was reading your first post I was like shit this reminds me of afghanistan funny that turned out your acctually there, I did jobs in a few counties including Afghanistan where we were armed, it's funny when we were in gun fights only having an auto m/g and a 9mm pistol and on the other side people throwing grenades at you.

[calgarian]

i had two banana clips, each holding 30 rounds.

how many rounds does that hold?

i think 75