... musings from a distance ...

UN: East Africa is an 'official famine zone' Whatever the reasons; whether it comes down the ongoing drought, the apathy of the ric...

Admittedly, Norway is not part of the European Union, so the title of this posting may be forgiven slightly. A part of Europe it is, howeve...

Shuttling between Kabul , Islamabad , Rawalpindi , Attock , Karachi , Abu Dhabi and Manchester over a period of four days is pretty hectic....

Over the years, whilst I've always had some semblance of a plan, I have allowed myself to become slightly more open to the unexpected. O...

Sunset on the Hindu Kush. A perfectly tranquil moment taken atop the mountains outside Kabul using an Olympus SP 800UZ.

Afghanistan is a war-torn country, and has been for 30 years. It has been described in the many conversations that I have had of late, as a ...

The 40-mile stretch, a breathtaking chasm of mountains and cliffs between Kabul and Jalalabad, claims so many lives so regularly that most p...