He just decided to send his wife home, because the security situation has deteriorated so badly.
According to him, the direction of events has been straight downhill for at least 18 months.
FWIW.
Not sure what exactly your buddy is doing or for which contractor he is working for (likely assuming he is working for one of the various private contractors there....forgive me if that is a wrong assumption).
But I do not find his observations to be that accurate. Certainly not in terms of the progress our our U.S. soldiers have seen (help provide) in Stan over the past 18 months.
But also not in terms of those working as contractors (as I know quite a few working in Stan) I have a close family member who just left on Saturday (as a matter of fact) back to Stan after spending 18 days back here in the States.
And from his "contractor" perspective he could only say how much better things have looked throughout Stan in the past 12 months - In some ways "night and day" he suggested just in the past 6-12 months alone - (he works both Kandahar and Kabul primarily).
Regards,