oh my god

So there was a suicide attack in Kabul today. Bad one, too. But it was in a different part of the city from where I am so I didn't even hear the blast or find out about it until a couple of hours later. Everyone is taking it completely in stride, so I'm not particularly worried about it.

The thing that has freaked me out is, well, first read this story.

Read it? Okay, I was on that plane on Sunday, less than 24 hours before it crashed into the mountains with 43 people on board. THAT has freaked me out. The brother of the FOCUS regional program manager for Badakhshan, Safdar, with whom I had dinner in Faizabad three days ago, was on the plane.