Kabul attack: Bomber kills children near Nato base

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19528417


Afghan security forces guarded the site of the attack

A suicide bomber has killed at least six people near the headquarters of the Nato-led international coalition (Isaf) in Kabul.

A number of children are among the dead. There were no reports of casualties among Isaf troops.

An attacker on a motorbike blew himself up near the entrance, an Isaf spokeswoman told Reuters news agency.

Kabul security has been tightened as supporters of an anti-Taliban warlord mark 11 years since his assassination.

[unhappycamper]

1. Afghanistan is just a slow-motion Vietnam.

Too bad the politicians can't see that. Or understand it. Or care.

[xchrom]

2. +1

[Victor_c3]

3. I hate to sound so callous

but what do you expect? A war is being fought over there and, unfortunately, the vast majority of the victims are women and children. I hate to keep recycling the same facts over and over again, but the ratio of civilians killed in war compared to soldiers killed in war is 10:1 in 20th century wars. Search "civilian casualty ratio" on wikipedia.

I'm just as angry at this as you guys obviously are and I feel powerless that I don't know how to stop it.