Video: Troops celebrate Christmas in Afghanistan Soldiers attended a special church service before sharing a Christmas meal at the ISAF compound, which is located at Kabul's International Airport. Troops wearing festive Santa hats could be seen guarding the compound as others enjoyed roast turkey with all the trimmings in a canteen festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. Nato soldier Trent Sutlon, said despite spending the Christmas period away from home, there were still many things to be positive about: "Well of course the holiday season typically is joyful because you get to spend it with your family and friends. Of course the situation here is a little bit different, you know, being in the environment that we are in, but even then there is still a lot of things to look around and be thankful for and the other thing that I think is really interesting out here is seeing all of the different nationalities and how everybody kind of celebrates in their own way with makeshift decorations and it is a really cool environment.