Three Meetings

Today was quite a busy day with three meetings. First up was the mayor of Aybak city, and his city engineer. Our intention was to determine whether a specified area of land was available to build a new ISAF base on. Very much like the previous time I met the mayor, he started lying to me. I had no alternative but to call CNL and verify that his claims about what had been agreed upon in an earlier meeting were false.

At the meeting with the mayor I heard the news that the provincial governor had been fired from his position the previous evening. I immediately had the IP call the governor and he agreed to meet us. After lunch we went to his private residence, because he had not gone to the governor's office today - after all, he was no longer the governor. He thanked us for the good co-operation and for many good memories.

The third meeting of the day was with the chief of NDS. Unfortunately I forgot some of my papers on my desk, but we still talked for almost an hour about current issues. Of course having three meetings means writing three reports, and it took me almost until midnight to finish the last one after all the daily routines had been taken care of. It rained in the night, just like the night before. The rain is really important for the crops and the locals are very happy about it. Me too, because it cools and clears the air.


View from the mayor's office into the street.