May 18th, 2010
09:17 AM ET
18 killed in Afghan suicide attack
[Update: 9:26 a.m. ET] A Canadian service member was one of the six NATO-led troops who died in the suicide bombing attack, Canadian forces confirmed.
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) - Five U.S. service members were among the 18 people killed in a suicide car bombing Tuesday in Kabul, a U.S. defense official confirmed. (See images from the scene of the attack)
Women, children and a NATO-led soldier also were killed when the bomb exploded near a registration center for Afghan Army recruits, officials said.
The attack occurred near an International Security Assistance Force military convoy on a busy road, ISAF said. Full story
It is very clear that Al Qaeda wants all foreign troops to get out from their country. And in order to keep chronic pressure, they will continue these attacks irrespective of civilian casualties. Not sure but Is our government waiting to see a big number of suicide attack before making any smart move on this mess. Come on !!! we do not need to fight 21st century War on Terror with 19th century war style. I am just worried that this WAR has made this country BANKRUPT!!! Are terrorist succeeding in their agenda ???
another uneducated comment. Al Qaeda has no country or loyalty. they are an international terrorist group, they'll hit us where ever they can. the war didn't make this country bankrupt, our lack of economic produce did, and our heavy addiction to lines of credit among other things.
Achmed the dead terrorist
No more suicide bombers please. We are running out of virgins (goats) down here in hell. Achmed.---------Why mention virgins. This is some thing impossible in your culture. They lay under hundred men. before they decide to Mary one for short time.
As a Canadian, and did my tour of Afghanistan at the beginning of this mess.
The area where the bombing took place was also the same area as when Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group) was killed in a suicide bomb attack on January 27, 2004. It was the 1st I believe such an attack, and as we know not the last.
Rest well all our troops.
wow jus like america found WOMD. yea but we armed the taliban to begin with back when russia wanted to annex afghanistan.
Poor Daniel-2. Clearly he missed most of his history lessons. The last time we let Afganistan set their own future the Taliban was established, a psycho named Bin Laden showed up and they orchestrated the attack on the Twin Towers.
You really need to read the newspapers lad.
Sorry John, you must have missed a portion of your history as well. We supported Bin Laden through the eighties when he was fighting the Russians.
He is right John. We did support Osama and the afgan fighters against the Russians. Opps our bad
All I have to say is OPEC
Daniel 2, it was Afganistan that decided they wanted our help. Remember, the Taliban allowed terrorists to hide in their country after they attacked the United States. When that happened we had no choice but to go there and take care of the situation. So we were invited.
No more suicide bombers please. We are running out of virgins (goats) down here in hell. Achmed.
Christina Aramopor and Micheal Ware each told the USA that a complete victory was not in the cards for the USA in the middle east. there is to much history of internals conflicts to ever conquer the countries of the middle east.
isn't nearly 4,400 dead in Iraq and now 1,000 dead in Afghanistan along with thousands of causilitis in both countries. This is in the need to fix our own debt than is unsustainable due to these Military Industrial Complex. Maybe Joe Sestack can enlighten our military about the only way yo get results in the Middle East. It is not easy leaving but, soon the USA will have to cut our lkosses in the Middle East and why has our govt. continue to fund Isreal with $3.5 BILLION dollrs a year. Haven't they just built a salt water deconversion plant for million of our money?
Steve
I'll be patiently waiting for the Afghans to protest this. The war will quickly stop when the Afghans rise up against the Taliban.
May 18, 2010 at 11:03 am |
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| Reply–You probably are very misinformed. Afghan's are the Taliban. why are they going to demonstrate. It is the charli game all over again.
This obscene carnage will only stop when right-wing fanatics give up on their plan of conquest for the Middle East.This,of course,has been going on for the last 150 years in one way or another when the Europeans began conquering Asia and Africa.We need to let the Afghans decide their own future without Western interference.
Nature abhors a vacuum – without a middle class stability is difficult – Afghanistan has a 28% literacy rate – ie, no middle class – conquering the middle east is certainly not our objective – remember they attacked us 9/11 – does that help get the cobwebs outs
Daniel:
Pull your isolationist head out of your arsh. We left the Afghans to their own devices back in the mid-90's and they provided shelter to Bin Laden – remember? Before the development of weapons of mass destruction, your approach was perhaps feasible. It is simply not an option any longer. We are engaged in a slow-burning world war. Although our commitment to Afghanistan will likely change in the near future, I feel certain that American boots will be on the ground in Afghanistan for the forseeable future.
I'll be patiently waiting for the Afghans to protest this. The war will quickly stop when the Afghans rise up against the Taliban.
I got a feeling that the Afghans will
NEVER rise up against the Taliban
and try to confront their own problems
by themselves.
Seriously... We're wasting so much time,
resources and soldiers on these people
who can't even find the courage to stand up
for themselves!
We cant do this forever.... sigh.
the taliban is afghanistan if they werent they would for sure by now. This war reminds me of vietnam. Were trying to spread democracy to a country that clearly doesnt want it
its never going to happen they follow the karan well none of them can read the ones that can well, they can tell the uneducated ones any thing they want to which is what they do so they say in here it says alla wants you to kill "infidels" funny cuz that means u dont read one of the 4 holy books which includes the bible, karan, tora on some other one cant think of it right now well they jstu say all americans are infidels you to straight to heaven if you kill one...so thsi is why the taliban is controling the local populace.