Chill guys - it was a no-brainer. Underwriters wanted an additional premium, lots of Internet briefings available, spoke with a couple of local pilots who had some good pointers, permit was a cinch, US controllers were great, vectors onto a Shuttle-like spiral from 15,000 agl overhead, stablized at 1,000' and we were tankering enough gas for the next sector which was four hours. Ramp was congested but the folk were really good & we got it parked, ran a bit late; the ISAF commander (thanks Peter) was a star in immediately providing after-dark departure clearance. Star of the day was the nicest old Afghan gentleman who ran the ramp & made everything happen. So humble yet capable.
Really hope they get that place sorted out. History says they won't but the people there deserve it.
4HP