Dust of Kandahar
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The Dust of Kandahar provides a personal account of one diplomat’s year ofservice in America’s longest war. Ambassador Addleton movingly describes theeveryday human drama of the American soldiers, local tribal dignitaries,government officials, and religious leaders he interacted and worked with insouthern Afghanistan.
Addleton’s writing is at its most vivid in his firsthand account of the April 2013suicide bombing outside a Zabul school that killed his translator, a fellowForeign Service officer, and three American soldiers. The memory of thistragedy lingers over Addleton’s journal entries, his prose offering poignantglimpses into the interior life of a U.S. diplomat stationed in harm’s way.
Addleton’s writing is at its most vivid in his firsthand account of the April 2013suicide bombing outside a Zabul school that killed his translator, a fellowForeign Service officer, and three American soldiers. The memory of thistragedy lingers over Addleton’s journal entries, his prose offering poignantglimpses into the interior life of a U.S. diplomat stationed in harm’s way.
Jonathan S. Addleton was born and raised in Pakistan. A five-time USAIDmission director, he has also served as U.S. ambassador to Mongolia; USAIDrepresentative to the European Union; and U.S. Senior Civilian Representative(SCR) to southern Afghanistan.