Afghan violence erodes security for workers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120226/NEWS01/702269907#afghan-violence-erodes-security-for-workers

Published Sunday February 26, 2012

By Matthew Hansen

When he awoke every morning in Kabul, the American defense contractor rolled out of bed, logged onto his computer and checked out what he called "the Afghan weather."

He wasn't worried about rain.

Scrolling through a list of intelligence reports, the Nebraska native would try to decipher the day's security situation in and around Afghanistan's capital city.

Not so long ago, Kabul was viewed as a relatively safe sanctuary in the tumult of Afghan war, a city where more than 100,000 American and foreign defense contractors could move freely as they worked on the electric grid or built military housing or worked as bodyguards for Afghan politicians.

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