Field Artists

In the morning the political adviser arrived and gave a briefing on the political system of Afghanistan. It's really very complicated, and the Afghans themselves make it even more so. Then we went to meet the governor. He's been away to Kabul for over a month, and some people thought that he would not be coming back, but there he was, all happy and smiling. At lunch a Norwegian officer who works for UNAMA came over. He wanted to know about the security situation in the province, but didn't want to listen to me, really.

In the afternoon the Field Artists from Sweden arrived. There was a band of eight people, complete with a trumpet and a trombone. After the evening prayers were over, they started to play old and new rock covers. The americans had come over to see the gig. They even played some Iron Maiden, and I got to sing. The neighbours gathered in numbers on the roof of their houses to see them play. The band was really good: the singer was from a band called Farbror Fläsk, and he invited me to sing in their band. They do gigs in Finland, too, at the RockOff on Aland. To make the evening perfect, there was Coke and popcorn for all.


Waiting for the evening prayers to finish.


The Field Artists in action.