again, back to the civilians and how they suffered in downtown kabul. fighting over western kabul, shia sunni, government, nongovernment, deals were being made all the time. but mortar tubes were being aimed essentially straight up. artillery battles and gun battles. and this is one typical family leaving quickly. and if you have five seconds, 30 seconds, 2 minutes, what do you take? and it became very evident to me this was a serious move to get out of town or just move aside quickly, a bicycle, a teacup, a chicken, and a bag of food. the daughter-in-law and the mother. combined household, and no men of fighting age. eventually, they got to go back two or three days later, but they were caught in the cross-fire on a hillside in downtown kabul. he was not a generous fellow. he not only rocketed the city, but he also cut gasoline, food and u.n. supplies into the capital across the pass. so when gas became unavailable, you had to buy it on the black market, including us in taxis. and this is what it looks like if you have to take a taxi in the morning to g

again, back to the civilians and how they suffered in downtown kabul. different ethnic groups are fighting over western kabul. shiia sunni. government, nongovernment, deals are being made all the time, but mortars -- mortar tubes were aimed essentially straight up. artillery battles and gun battles. this is one typical family leaving quickly. if you have five seconds, 30 seconds or two minutes what do you take? it became very evident to me this was a serious move to get out of town or just move aside quickly. a bicycle. a teacup. a chicken. and a bag of food. the daughter-in-law and the mother combined household. and no men are fighting age. eventually they got to go back two or three days later but they were called in the cross fire on a hillside in downtown kabul. heckmantar was not a generous fellow, he cut gasoline across the kieber pass. so when gas became unavailable you had to buy it on the black market, including us and taxis. this is what it looks like if you have to take a taxi in the morn going to work. 1993. there were about 25 people on this

to get to hear to hear you had to drive through the downtown area of kabul which is very dangerous ando many times security concerns were that i couldn't leave or it might take three hours for him to navigate and he only had a 12 hour layover. so it literally was, many times, he was just over there and i just couldn't see him. that was very difficult. i call it my deployment year. i'm year. i'm not saying i was deployed but for me, it felt like, a fraction fraction of what it must feel like to be deployed. to be away from home and a be away from anybody who knows your history. to to be in a place with no central heat very little hot water, no mail and it was a rough year. there were bad things that happened. there were very bad things. >> you said you were obviously inspired to go help children over there and help children. earlier you said you also loved to have information. in the book, part of your afghanistan stint was getting some information, knowing what was going on. how do you as a parent, if you can't run off to afghanistan, how, how do you get that information? >> well, i wo

kabul. the attacker rammed his vehicle into a nato convoy outside a downtown hospital during rush hour yesterday. the contractors, from dyncorp, drove military trucks. more than 60 civilians were wounded in the bombing. the taliban denied it was responsible. but no group has claimed responsibility. the british embassy in iran is open for the first time in four years. britain's foreign secretary philip hammond attended the flag-raising ceremony today in tehran. the embassy had been closed since november 2011, when iranian demonstrators stormed the building to protest international economic sanctions. the reopening comes after britain, the u.s., and other major powers agreed to lift sanctions if iran curbs its nuclear program. a similar ceremony took place at the iranian embassy in london. south korea is warning north korea has doubled its artillery strength along their shared border and sent 50 submarines away from their bases. the deployments comes as senior officials from north and south korea met for a second day today to diffuse tensions. the talks began yesterday in a village in the demilita

a month the whole time he was flying between kabul and frankfurt the airport was 8 miles away to get from here to hear you have to drive through the downtown area which is very dangerous. so many times with security concerns was that i could not leave or it would take three hours for him to navigate and he only had a 12 hour layover so maybe he was just over there but i could not see him. it was very difficult i call that my deployment year. not that i was deployed but it felt like a fraction of what it must feel like to be away from home, a diplomate diplomate, anyone who knows your history coming in a place with no central heat or a little hot water and no mail and it was a rough year. there were bad things that happened. really bad things. >> host: obviously you were inspired to help the children but earlier you said you love to have information and in the book party of your afghanistans stint was to get information. so at the time how you get that information? >> i would not running off to afghanistan at this point it is very different even from when i was there. the it reading about that particular region is like we have daughters tha