Posted on 05/31/2017 8:30:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The bomb exploded in the diplomatic quarter near the German Embassy and the Afghan presidential palace. The streets were packed with commuters, women shopping and children going to school and the blast appears likely to result in a high civilian death toll.
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Taliban has denied responsibility for the blast. The BBC has confirmed the death of a BBC Afghan driver. The German Embassy is closed until further notice. Some Pakistani Embassy diplomats and staff suffered minor injuries.
The bomb, concealed in a water delivery truck, detonated at 8:22 a.m. (local time) outside the offices of a major local cellphone company and a popular TV station. It hit about 400 yards from the German Embassy in one of the busiest parts of town, near big supermarkets and shops.
The Taliban denied responsibility for the attack in a statement. No group has yet claimed it.
Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Donati, in Kabul, said the explosion happened close to western embassies, government institutions and the residences of high-ranking officials and their families. It's the most fortified part of the city, which can only be reached by passing through several checkpoints, she added.
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Shirley muslims could not be responsible. They are all peaceful.
I’m sure this can be fixed by letting a few million more Afghan “refugees” into Germany. Frau Merkel will get right on it.
Federal election is in June? If they want something and Merkel gives it to them...
Federal election is in September, if IIRC...
Murders from the offspring of Mika Brzezinski’s father.
Does that make her their sister-in-law?
Islam, the religion of pieces.
Ramadan Bombathon, they’re just getting started.
Calling Ms. Merkel, Ms. Merkel will you please answer the phone...
Why are we still there?
I keep asking the same question.
In 2008, weary of two major wars "against terrorism" in Afghanistan and Iraq, American voters again chose the less interventionist candidate, Obama, who promised to quickly get us out of both wars. At the end of his term we were still depoyed in both countries, Ameriacn military deaths in Afganistan were much higher under Obama than W. Obama started or escalated several other regional wars, notably in Libya, which collapased in the wake of American intervention and is now widely considered a failed state and a base for terrorists.
In 2016 we voted for a plain speaking outsider who promised to put America first and end our useless involvement in various foreign military adventures. His opponent was a supporter of the "status quo" of "invade the world, invite the world" foreign policy. Americans again voted for the less bellicose, more non-interventionist candidate.
The people are trying to get us out of these hell-holes, but the politicians keep us in them.
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