U.S. Lt. Mark Radvanczy by heart keeps track of how many days does not shower. "More than three weeks," he said. The U.S. military living in the same conditions as Afghan soldiers in the small military camp Hafasiab in Wardak province, west of Kabul. Therefore, if the Afghans do not have a shower, the Americans either.
And especially low temperatures which made up just days ago, neither wanted to wash out in the open like a cat, with a bucket of cold water. U.S. troops are in charge of training Afghan soldiers in Wardak. Patrol with them and conduct joint operations. Lieutenant Radvanczy believes that to get into the skin and the level of the Afghan people must start from the same conditions as these, even if it means living in precarious conditions.
Conditions in the camp are really spartan Hafasiab. The U.S. military are crowded into a tent, where folding beds occur next to one another, at a distance of two feet. There they sleep, eat, and kill time, reading, watching movies or listening to music, when they should not go on patrol.
There is nothing more to do, or any other place where being in the camp than outdoors. And in the winter months, with temperatures below zero, that was the last thing I wanted. To eat, pull packaged military meals, or when a soldier comes to life, cooking for all the troops in a rudimentary barbecue have built themselves.
The toilet is a wooden box with a hole in the middle and lower drum. Every morning the U.S. military removed the container to ignite and to burn off their own feces. "When you enlisted in the Ministry of Defence assured them that the camp would have food, showers and all amenities," explains the head of the Afghan army in the camp Hafasiab, Major Ishaq Yusufi, referring to his soldiers.
"When they come here and see this, many want to go," he laments. Since last October, thirty Afghan soldiers have hung up his boots in southern Wardak, said the commander. From one day to another have left the camp and have not grown more. The U.S. military also carried on the basis of Hafasiab since October.
They, however, have to be there a year and are not likely to go. Lt. Col. Thomas Rickard, head of U.S. troops in southern Wardak province, made the following remarks about the review published by the journalist on 13 March stating that at the base of Saydabad "also located in southern Wardak, U.S.
troops closed padlock latrines they use so you do not also use the Afghans, and hide their bottles of mineral water they drink they are not: "Do not hide the water to our brothers Afghan army. We share the living space, water and latrines. Accuse U.S. forces to deny water to the Afghans is not true, especially when we are very attentive to the needs of Muslims to wash before prayer.
It True, some latrines are locked with padlocks for Western troops tend to sit on the toilet, while many Afghans are usually placed on top of squatting. The way to defecate cultural difference is minimal, but can be a health problem for Americans therefore a few latrines are kept reserved for Western ways.
" 
And especially low temperatures which made up just days ago, neither wanted to wash out in the open like a cat, with a bucket of cold water. U.S. troops are in charge of training Afghan soldiers in Wardak. Patrol with them and conduct joint operations. Lieutenant Radvanczy believes that to get into the skin and the level of the Afghan people must start from the same conditions as these, even if it means living in precarious conditions.
Conditions in the camp are really spartan Hafasiab. The U.S. military are crowded into a tent, where folding beds occur next to one another, at a distance of two feet. There they sleep, eat, and kill time, reading, watching movies or listening to music, when they should not go on patrol.
There is nothing more to do, or any other place where being in the camp than outdoors. And in the winter months, with temperatures below zero, that was the last thing I wanted. To eat, pull packaged military meals, or when a soldier comes to life, cooking for all the troops in a rudimentary barbecue have built themselves.
The toilet is a wooden box with a hole in the middle and lower drum. Every morning the U.S. military removed the container to ignite and to burn off their own feces. "When you enlisted in the Ministry of Defence assured them that the camp would have food, showers and all amenities," explains the head of the Afghan army in the camp Hafasiab, Major Ishaq Yusufi, referring to his soldiers.
"When they come here and see this, many want to go," he laments. Since last October, thirty Afghan soldiers have hung up his boots in southern Wardak, said the commander. From one day to another have left the camp and have not grown more. The U.S. military also carried on the basis of Hafasiab since October.
They, however, have to be there a year and are not likely to go. Lt. Col. Thomas Rickard, head of U.S. troops in southern Wardak province, made the following remarks about the review published by the journalist on 13 March stating that at the base of Saydabad "also located in southern Wardak, U.S.
troops closed padlock latrines they use so you do not also use the Afghans, and hide their bottles of mineral water they drink they are not: "Do not hide the water to our brothers Afghan army. We share the living space, water and latrines. Accuse U.S. forces to deny water to the Afghans is not true, especially when we are very attentive to the needs of Muslims to wash before prayer.
It True, some latrines are locked with padlocks for Western troops tend to sit on the toilet, while many Afghans are usually placed on top of squatting. The way to defecate cultural difference is minimal, but can be a health problem for Americans therefore a few latrines are kept reserved for Western ways.
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