A Frontline Memory: The Attack on the US Consulate in Herat

A Story from Hamid

In 2011, I was appointed as a policeman in the provincial command of Herat. One of my most important and most dangerous responsibilities was guarding the perimeter of the U.S. Consulate in Herat. Every moment on duty carried the scent of threat and death. Yet, with alert eyes and a heart full of duty, we stood our ground every day.

Under direct orders fr…