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| Afghanistan |
| 13 American troops killed in Kabul suicide car bomb attack |
| 2011-10-29 |
| "We can confirm that 13 International Security Assistance Force members have died," said a spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). A US official confirmed that all 13 Nato service members were American troops. Excluding helicopter crashes, it was the deadliest single incident for foreign troops since the war began in 2001. It is the largest single-day US loss in Afghanistan since the August crash in Wardak province that killed 38 people, including 22 Navy Seals. Lethal attacks are relatively rare in heavily guarded Kabul, compared with the south and east of Afghanistan, but the latest killings came less than two months after insurgents launched a 20-hour assault on the US embassy in Kabul. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Paging General Rashid Dostum... |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-10-29 20:57 |
| #3 Arm the Uzbecks, Tadjiks and Hazari and walk away. I've said it a 100 times, Afghanistan is a disaster and it will only worse. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-10-29 20:37 |
| #2 They need to be able to demonstrate they drove us out and won the war. Not good enough if Bambi gives it away. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-10-29 18:02 |
| #1 This calls for some retribution, a major hit on the Taliban where it hurts. Some place where they think they are safe, like in Quetta. A large building with a lot of Taliban in it suddenly goes pop. Alternatively, ISI. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-29 13:30 |