Politics & Government
The on-line home page for the Kabul Health Club, one of the newest businesses catering primarily to expats working in Afghanistan. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Photo courtesy of the Kabul Health Club/MCT)
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Keith Shawe, an employee at the Asia Foundation in Afghanistan and yoga instructor at Kabul's Fig Health Center, demonstrates a pose on Sunday, July 11, 2010 in the war zone yoga studio complete with windows filled with green sandbags to protect against explosions. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Complete with wireless Internet, a fountain and cushy seating, the garden at the Kabul Health Club is a new sanctuary for expats working in Afghanistan. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Photo courtesy of Kabul Health Club/MCT)
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Abdul Farani, owner of the Kabul Health Club, sits at the club juice bar in the gym at one of the newest businesses catering primarily to expats working in Afghanistan. Here it truly is a bubble," says Farani. "It's truly an oasis." (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Keith Shawe, an employee at the Asia Foundation in Afghanistan and yoga instructor at Kabul's Fig Health Center, demonstrates a pose on Sunday, July 11, 2010 in front of a yoga studio window filled with green sandbags to protect against explosions. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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A member of the Kabul Health Club works out in the gym at one of the newest businesses catering primarily to expats working in Afghanistan. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Keith Shawe, an employee at the Asia Foundation in Afghanistan and yoga instructor at Kabul's Fig Health Center, demonstrates a pose on Sunday, July 11, 2010 in a war zone yoga studio complete with windows filled with green sandbags to protect against explosions. Because expat life in the Afghan capital sometimes seems far removed from the volatile war that has consumed vast swaths of the country, some people call it the "Kabubble." (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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