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Afghanistan
4 Afghan Soldiers Hurt in Kabul Suicide Attack
2011-04-10
[Tolo News] At least four Afghan soldiers and 3 civilians were maimed in a suicide kaboom in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, local officials said.

The incident happened in the east of Kabul city at 04:00 pm local time. A jacket wallah targeted an Afghan National Army convoy, 4 Afghan National Army and three civilians were maimed, Qadam Shah Shahim, chief of 111 Afghan National Army division in Kabul told TOLOnews.

No groups including the Taliban grabbed credit for the attack.
At yet it happened. Somehow the Taliban seem the most likely culprits -- they're so good at making friends and influencing people.
The Afghan National Army has more than 154,000 troops and it will increase to more than 200,000 by the end of 2011.
Sometime after which the Afghan army will end up smaller, as the volunteers discover what hard work soldiering is.
Afghan forces are to take over security responsibilities of seven areas in July this year.

The attack comes 8 days after four suicide bombers attacked on Camp Phoenix, a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
base in Kabul.

One Afghan civilian was killed in the attack, but no foreign troops and Afghan cops were hurt.

Civilians are often the main victims of suicide attacks in Afghanistan.
Posted by:Fred

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