Three US Troops, 11 Others Killed in Afghan Suicide Bombing
Six Civilians Also Killed in Attack on 'Joint Patrol' in Khost
A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle full of explosives rammed into a joint US-Afghan patrol in Khost City today, killing 14 people, including three US soldiers, a translator, four Afghan police and six civilian bystanders.
Witnesses say that the bomber was wearing an Afghan police uniform, and drove headlong into the patrol, detonating near a crowded market. The explosion also wounded 59 civilians, most lightly.
Taliban claimed credit for the attack, naming the bomber as Shoiab Kunduzi, and saying they targeted the patrol when it was near the Khost Provincial Governor’s Office. It is the third suicide bombing in Khost City in the past five months. The other two targeted the US base on the outskirts.
NATO officials, as usual, provided few details of the incident, refusing to confirm that the three NATO soldiers slain were Americans or that the incident occurred in Khost. The confirmations came unofficially by way of the US government and the Khost Provincial government.
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Erik
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:08 am
They always say NATO troops killed but it's always discovered they were all Americans. In addition, it's Uncle Stupid on the hook for the billions in rebuilding, fighting, etc. No wonder we're a broke econimic has-been. Everyone else knows that they don't have to spend much on defense, e.g. Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, S Korea, because good ole Uncle Sucker is more than willing to spend their children's future earnings on being the world's policeman.
gus
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:58 am
simple………..close your 700+ bases and bring your troops home
David762
October 2nd, 2012 at 8:26 am
The USA (NATO) is still in Afghanistan for ulterior reasons than those stated — "bringing democracy to the Afghani people" — oh please stop the BS. This is a war of empire. We still try to negotiate with the Taliban for that proverbial trans-Afghani oil & natural gas pipeline. When negotiations break off, we assassinate the Taliban leadership in hopes of new more pliant leadership emerging. We are also there as a launching pad for attacking Iran, and bolstering rebellion along the Russian Federation's southern flank. And we are there for the Afghani opium/heroin — a major source of funding to our shadow government outside the purview of We The People. The money is funneled through our corrupt Wall Street banksters to our corrupt Congress, and to various off-budget "black ops". We, the USA (NATO), don't belong there, never have belonged there, and need to leave there ASAP.
davidgrayling
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:17 pm
What, Gus, and lose control of the world? Do you think the Yanks are crazy? They might be bankrupt but while people keep loaning them money, they'll get on with their insane ambition to control the world!
P.S. I say 'insane' because they can't even control Iraq or Afghanistan so what chance would they have of controlling the world? ZILCH!