The cakes, from California, would be dropped near the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz in the north and Kandahar in the south, Sergeant Major Raymond Cordell, head of public affairs at the U.S.-British guarded Bagram air base north of Kabul, told Reuters.
Sunday is the start of Eid al-Fitr, the biggest holiday in the Muslim calendar when Muslims celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. One of the traditional ways to mark the holiday is to share sweets, especially cakes, with family. “It’s the end of Ramadan, and we thought that after all the Afghan people have suffered, this could be one way to show our respect,”