Bomb Kills American Soldier in Afghanistan

[sabra]

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Bomb Kills American Soldier in Afghanistan
A Day Earlier, Coordinated Attacks Killed NATO Peacekeepers


KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 16) - A U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday when a bomb exploded near a troop patrol in volatile eastern Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai said he expects terror attacks to continue in his country "for much more time to come."

The attack occurred a day after suicide bombers rammed cars filled with explosives into NATO peacekeepers in two attacks in the Afghan capital - the first major assault on foreign troops in Kabul in more than a year. The death toll rose to nine Tuesday as police found more bodies in a ditch and a wounded man died.

Police blamed al-Qaida for the suicide bombings. Such seemingly coordinated attacks are unprecedented in Afghanistan and reinforced fears that Osama bin Laden's terror network has teamed up with its old ally the Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the attacks.

On Wednesday, a militant exploded a car bomb in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing a civilian as well as himself, Gov. Asadullah Khalid said. Two people were wounded.

[Roland99]

1. How many of our troops are actually looking for bin Laden at this point?

We keep hearing of U.S. patrols in Kabul, Kandahar, etc. I know there's what, maybe two divisions in Afghanistan? There can't be but a couple thousand troops roaming the Afghanistan/Pakistan border looking for the evil-doers.

Frickin' joke.