FILE PHOTO: An Afghan police officer inspects vehicles at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Kabul's green zone is a place where diplomats fly in cheesecake from New York and cases of wine from Europe, but many of those residing inside the heavily fortified enclave are not allowed to walk without an armed guard even for a distance of 100 metres.
The walled-off compound of embassies and newsrooms, which is set to expand dramatically, imposes extreme limitations on its sheltered residents and stokes resentment among Afghans living outside.
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