Afghan hospitality is quite incredible - every house I go to, even where the families are clearly desperately poor, tea is always provided. Sometimes I am also offered grapes and melon, or sweets. In the offices where I have been working - such as the IOM office or the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission office - the staff always insist on giving me lunch (even though they're paying for it themselves). These lunches are amazing - buttery rice, or rice with orange peel and spices (an Afghan speciality). And dishes of meat and aubergine (all glistening with grease!!). And, of course, the staple naan bread. I am going to get very very fat here!!
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