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A foreign soldier investigates the crater caused by an explosion at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties.
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Two NATO helicopters land on site of a suicide attack near Darul Aman palace in Kabul on October 29, 2011. At least 14 people, including foreign forces, were killed when a Taliban car bomber struck
Massoud Hossaini / AFP - Getty Images
Afghanistan's security force and NATO troops inspect the site after a suicide attack near the Darul Aman palace in Kabul on October 29, 2011. At least 14 people, including foreign forces, were killed when a Taliban car bomber struck a US-run NATO convoy travelling through the Afghan capital Kabul. The attacker detonated his Toyota Sedan car at 11:20 am (0650 GMT) in the southwest of the city, and the area was now blocked by Afghan and international forces, said police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.
S. Sabawoon / EPA
A man whose relative was killed in a suicide bomb attack, cries in Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 October 2011. A suicide bomb attacker detonated his explosives-filled vehicle near the convoy of NATO soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at Dar-ul-Aman square in Kabul, killing at least ten and injuring four others.
The Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack, which took place near Darulaman Palace, the bombed-out seat of former Afghan kings on the southwest outskirts of the capital. NATO said there were "several" casualties among its forces and Afghan civilians, but did not provide details.
The Kabul attack was the deadliest of three separate incidents Saturday that targeted either the U.S.-led coalition or Afghan government offices in the country.
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America must protect itself from being encircled by hostile governments. The American presence in Afghanistan was not a waste; it is leaving behind a president and an assembly that will be friendly for decades. Troops are no longer needed they have done their job, Afghanistan is now a friend.
"leaving behind a president and an assembly that will be friendly for decades"
Didn't you hear the other day Karzai saying if America goes to war against Pakistan he would stand by Pakistan. Where is the friendship and the gratitude?
Lessons need to be taught and Political correctness needs to be flushed...........This is Islam at its best......Welcome them to America....we are suckers......................
Get The Hell Out Before A Large Group Gets Killed By An Idiot Bomber Looking For 42 Virgins.
Time to leave and let them sort it out for themselves. Bin Laden is gone.
Taliban, Slope Head and what are we fighting for? I'll tell you ...it isn't for peace. Fighting for peace is like f**king for virginity. Lick your wounds and level that border with non stop carpet bombing. Get our troops out and quit dealing with rice paddy tactics.
I am so tired of wrong headed American foreign policy coming from the point of a bayonet. This long term problem is not a Democrat or Republican problem. It is a national problem. All my life I have watched America try to influence foreign nations by killing as many as we can. It has not worked in my lifetime and I don't see it working in my son's lifetime. A lifetime of good decent Presidents all making the same mistake over and over again. Very sad.
We had a purpose at the beginning of the war but it is over, Bin Laden is dead. Our unwarranted invasion of Iraq proved that we cannot bring "democracy" at gunpoint. If they want our help we can give them diplomatic solutions.
Afghanistan is ancient and their cultural prejudices have existed longer than the USA. It is time for America to leave! Afghan leaders do not want our brand of governance and I am tired of crying over the deaths of Americans giving their lives to help people who resent our presence. We have problems in our own country and need our best and brightest stateside! Bring our people home.
Oh, but how about those nuclear weapons in Pakistan... hmmm, that is now the real reason we are there Is it not? Conundrum!
We need to deal with the Islamic leadership.
We never should have had boots on the ground...aerial bomb them into oblivion. The life of one US soldier is far more precious than 100's of thousands of muslims
We still don't get it....When we go to "help" these Nations, the first thing on our Agenda should be to firing squad all the leadership....Get rid of the premise we have to embrace those that we naively believe "support" us....Political correctness is for fools...We just lost 13 American Soldiers...worth more than a Nation full of Jihadists...I learned everything I needed from 9-11. Quit playing around and start delivering the payloads. No doubt Karzai is depositing his payoff right now.....