Posted on 09/12/2013 9:29:49 PM PDT by shineon
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants staged a suicide car bombing and then engaged in a gunfight with security forces outside the American consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat early Friday.
Police said two Afghan security forces were killed, as were five of the attackers, while the U.S. said all of its consulate personnel were safe. U.S. Special Forces entered the area to secure the compound, Afghan police said. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility on behalf of the militant group, which has often staged combined car bomb and gun attacks in the past.
The attack, which also injured several people, underscored the perilous security situation in Afghanistan, where U.S.-led troops are reducing their presence ahead of a full withdrawal planned for next year. The insurgent strikes are no longer concentrated in the country’s south and east, but occur with troubling frequency in the north and west, which have been the more peaceful areas in years past.
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Qari Yousef Ahmadi is quite the man, he took the brunt of it and admitted to it.
What a doofus.
Yet another nation we need to get out of.
It looks like they were a day late on their schedule
How does one execute a suicide car bombing then engage in a fire fight?
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