Afghanistans bloody week shows how U.S. policy there is failing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/29/afghanistans-bloody-week-shows-how-u-s-policy-there-is-failing/?utm_term=.e0324b65a81e
On Saturday, a suicide bomber packed a fake ambulance with explosives, drove to a hospital in central Kabul and set off an explosion that rocked the Afghan capital. At least 103 people were killed and 235 wounded. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, was one of the deadliest in the country's history.
It was also the third major attack in Afghanistan in a week. Last Monday, 22 people died when Taliban fighters stormed the Intercontinental, a tightly guarded luxury hotel in Kabul, and sparked a firefight that lasted more than 14 hours. Just days later, an assault by the Islamic State on the Jalalabad office of British charity Save the Children left at least four people dead. The organization has since suspended all operations in the country.
And that wasn't all. On Monday morning came yet another attack, this time on an Afghan army base near Kabul. The BBC reported that at least two soldiers were killed.
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