to end nearly 18 years of fighting. While the U.S. wants Taliban assurances that Afghanistan will no longer be used as a launch pad for global terror attacks, there appear to be no guarantees of protection for Afghan civilians.
The wedding, at which more than 1,200 people had been invited, was in fact a mixed crowd of Shiites and Sunnis, said the event hall’s owner, Hussain Ali. “I was with the groom in the other room when we heard the blast and then I couldn’t find anyone,” said Ahmad Omid, who said the groom was his father’s cousin. “Everyone was lying all around the hall.”On Aug. 7, a Taliban car bomber aimed at Afghan security forces detonated his explosives on the same road, a short drive from the hall,Kabul’s huge, brightly lit wedding halls are centers of community life in a city weary of decades of war, with thousands of dollars often spent on a single evening.
The attack also comes at a greatly uncertain time in Afghanistan as the U.S. and the Taliban appear to be within days of a deal on ending the war after several rounds of talks this year. Afghanistan’s government has been sidelined in those talks as the Taliban refuse to negotiate with what it calls a U.S. puppet.
awful!
KTLA Heartbreaking 💔
It's more likely to be AL-CIADA in order to keep the war going so that more American taxpayers money end up in the pockets of the owner of the military industrial complex.
What’s wrong w this world
In 1978/79 the senate was trying to pass a law against international terrorism. In every version they produced, the US was in violation. We side with al queda and isis depending on the circumstances. We’re culpable in this too.
Horrifying.
Muslims killing Muslims-they seem to want to keep exporting that West as well.
We need bomb control. Bombs should be banned, especially fully semiautomatic bombs
Cartoon The Clash of civilzations Afghanistan
So sad....
I thought Trump ended the Islamic state
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Such nice people
willrod42
💔 Cant even imagine how families r feeling😞!
We must kill every ISIS member. We must kill every member and snuff out the name ISIS.
Violent Muslims extremists.
We will never kill off the idea of terrorism until we are united. TheDemocrats GOP
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Praying for peace and comfort for those poor families, & for Justice to be served to the group responsible!!
Imagine our (and their) shock. I mean how often are there bombings in Afghanistan? Total surprise.
Why?
Where's the condemnation from Islamic countries & the world? Condemnation & protest rallies from people of OIC will deter these terrorists who are killing scores of Minority Shi'ites! Until then they have a free pass to kill people indiscriminately & tarnish the image of Islam!
Islam at its best killing its won.
sad we still support countries that are really terrorists
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Did obama bomb another wedding
Once we leave, we can go back in to fight terrorism
Unconscionable.
How many millions has this cost so far and how many have died Think the coalition of the willing got it wrong in the way it was conducted
ISIS is not beaten. It's gone underground and has become even more dangerous.
No security guards - at a big gathering - in Afghanistan? 😫
This is such a sad, sad news story. So many lives lost, so many lives irrevocably changed...
I was just told that we won the war in Afghanistan. Oops
sommervilletv Terrible.
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