D-8: Discussion with a swiss journalist

I had an interesting phone call today with A. Perret. She's a swiss journalist who was in Afghanistan during the beginning of the "Enduring Freedom" campaign. I tried to contact her since months, but she did not answer my phone calls. By some reasons, yesterday, I could reach her voice messager. She answered today.

Obviously, even if she called me back after she knew what I wanted, she did not want to speak about Afghanistan. Or just to say that I was a fool to go there. It is somehow understandable: I wasn't the first guy who phoned to her asking for informations about it. She could be upset to hear once again a young want-to-be adventurer asking her which hotel is the best in Feizabad....

After I expained my project, she explained her politic: she doesn't give any informations to travelers. If I would be a NGO's worker, it would have been different! Then she began to explain how dangerous the situation has become, how the legendary afghan hospitality has disappeared since 2001. She darkens the situation quite strongly.

It is always interesting to hear different point of views. I will have to think about it...

I am still not sure to cross the border when I will be in Ishkashim.