Sorry I've been twitter-less for over a month. But I'm back in Kabul now, very cold and snowy...pic courtesy VOA

Bibi Aisha has a new nose & smile :) Here she is with my mom -they were visiting my brother. I love the ppl in my life.

Afghan kids circus, amazing to see kids in Kabul happy.

Aftermath of compound attacked this morning by Taliban. Government says it was an aid group,Taliban say USSpecialOps.

Site of this mornings blast from a few hundred meters away. In front of the old King's Palace.

Gololai, killed by US Special Forces along with 4 family members. Intv'ing her dad was very sad bc he said I reminded him of her-but at least it made him smile.

Different color mountain ranges of Kapisa Province.

Female western tourist in Afghanistan before the wars. 1950s-60s, different world.

Smoke from earlier...seems odd that it's next to the security blimp that watches over Kabul.

Innocence on the face of brutality. Beyond the scars she's a bubbly teenager, like any girl in the world.

Logging video of teen whose nose and ears were sliced off by Taliban court ruling bc she ran away from torture.

New Years Eve in Kabul...spent doing live shots and getting news updates.

CNN Kabul Bureau's Xmas tree. It adds some color to our glum office. (@fpleitgencnn)

Village school boys in Helmand surprised by the strange woman who has come to visit.

Afghan women in the 1940s. Hard to believe it's the same country of today.

Kabul in 1969, my dad on the far left. Hard to believe how much has changed in this city since.

Afghan boy and father, boy saved by American civilians at camp, after his family fled from fighting in South Afgh Amazing pic by our senior producer Tim Schwarz.

If I was going to laugh, so was the little girl who spends too much time sad. Thx @tvtomas for capturing the memory.

As sad as the widows' story was, I have never laughed this strongly in so long. The women here are like the rest of the world.

Going to miss our cameraman Jose who is leaving to go back to his own bureau. Pic from our trip to Kunar.