First July 4th Celebration in 13 Years

U.S. Ambassador Robert P. Finn (in the center), flanked by Afghan Vice Presidents (on the left) Hedayat Amin Arsala and Marshal Fahim Khan, and (on the right) Karim Khalili and Nematullah Shahrani during a reception held at the U.S. Embassy-Kabul to mark the U.S. Independence Day. The group is standing in front of a huge woven banner donated to U.S. Embassy-Kabul by the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. One of its New York city members (Ed Quinones) was among the U.S.government employees who raced to the scene of the World Trade Center after the September 11 attack last year to help in the rescue efforts. He also served as a diplomatic security agent at Embassy-Kabul.