Suicide bomber kills over 35 in Kabul: police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Suicide bomber kills over 35 in Kabul: police

13 minutes ago

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle
of the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing more than 35 people, a
senior police official said.

Afghan police were among the casualties, Ali Shah Paktiawal, chief
of Kabul police's criminal branch, said by phone from the scene of
the blast outside a provincial government building.

It was the fifth suicide attack in Afghanistan in three days.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070617/ts_nm/afghan_bombing_deaths_dc

[Dark]

1. Good God. Afghanistan has become another Iraq.

We've fucked up TWO countries.

[Eugene]

2. Four foreigners among dead from Afghan suicide bomb

Source: Reuters

Four foreigners among dead from Afghan suicide bomb
17 Jun 2007 07:44:50 GMT
Source: Reuters

KABUL, June 17 (Reuters) - Four foreign nationals were
among those killed in a suicide bombing against a police
bus on Sunday in the Afghan capital, the interior
ministry said.

The foreigners, whose identities were not immediately
clear, served as instructors for Afghan police, it said.
Germany leads the training of the Afghan police.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL86439.htm

[David__77]

3. Germany has no business being a part of occupying another country.

I hope the Afghan people get their country back soon.

[maxsolomon]

5. i'm sure the pakistani taliban will be sure to hand it right over

are you saying a foreign-trained & funded misogynist theocracy that rules by terror, whim, & ignorance is the will of "the afghan people"?

germany's participation is the least of our worries.

[rodeodance]

4. Kabul police bus bomb 'kills 35'

Source: bbc




Last Updated: Sunday, 17 June 2007,

Kabul police bus bomb 'kills 35'

The bus was completely destroyed by the blast


Police said a number of civilians are among those killed in the rush-hour attack close to police HQ in the city centre. Five foreigners were wounded.

It is thought to be the most devastating bomb attack in Kabul since the Taleban were ousted in 2001.

Taleban rebels told the BBC that they had carried out the attack - the fifth bombing in three days.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6760791.stm