We had planned to establish four consulates in various sections of Afghanistan beyond Kabul. The first one is in Heret and the second was to be in Mazar-e Sharif. Thus far, we have invested $80,000,000 on this second site. But we will stop the spending as now we believe the site to be too dangerous.
A quote from a report assessing the site, “We believe the survey will show that a [car bomb] would cause
catastrophic failure of the building in light of the local construction
techniques and materials.” In addition, the complex was surrounded by several
tall buildings from which an attack could easily be launched. If things went really bad at the consulate, the roof was too small to land a helicopter.
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