On Monday, a gathering of Afghan religious scholars held in Loya Jirga meeting in western Kabul. The group denounced years of unrest in the country, and issued a fatwa formally outlawing suicide bombings.
Immediately thereafter, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle carried out an attack on the outside of the tent in which the jirga was gathering, killing 14 people, including a number of clerics who had been in attendance.
This is the latest in a growing series of attacks across Afghanistan, particularly in Kabul, in recent months. The attacks have been killing a large number of people, both government officials and civilian bystanders.
Officials say they are unsure who was behind the bombing, though the ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan did issue a statement claiming credit. ISIS has tended to do that whether they were involved or not, though so far they offered no evidence that this attack was theirs.
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…and they didn’t see that coming? I guess the Afghani clerics have as much influence there as the US clerics have here. I wonder if it’s beginning to sink in that religious dictates are losing power over the sheep…worldwide…finally.
Allah and war to go on people much stronger and influential than Mullahs?
Elohim and war to go on under any price much more effective than UN, any law, any morality?