Life Inside Little America in Afghanistan

Photos from a time when tiki bars and afternoons at the pool dominated the lives of Americans in Afghanistan.

BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN | JUNE 26, 2012

The clubhouse, set along the river, featured nightly card games and a Filipino barkeeper who could mix a potent gin and tonic. Nearly every week brought another dance or party.

Courtesy of Rebecca Ansary Pettys

 

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a senior correspondent and associate editor at the Washington Post and author of Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan. For more information about the book, go to www.rajivc.com