Posted on 06/03/2013 3:40:06 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber targeting an American military delegation outside a government office in eastern Afghanistan killed 12 people on Monday, including nine schoolchildren who were walking nearby and two international service members, officials said.
The attack comes as the Taliban and other militants step up bombings and raids on police posts nationwide in a major test of the ability of Afghan soldiers and police to hold their ground without international military forces, who are withdrawing.
Gen. Zelmia Oryakhail, provincial police chief of Paktia province, told CBS News' Mukhtar Ahmad the attacker targeted a joint U.S. military and Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol. Oryakhail said the bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in Samkani district as American forces passed. He said a local school had just let pupils, who were between 10 and 16 years old, out for the day.
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My nephew is over there until October. God bless our service members and watch over them.
Prayers for him!
Seconded on the prayers.
And my daughter-in-law. I tell you my heart is in my mouth just about every day.
Prayers for her, and for you.
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