Suicide bombers continue to kill and injure Afghans to ensure instability as election approaches. Killing your own people in the name of...with a goal of...?
http://www.cbc.ca/crossroads-afghanistan/story/2009/08/15/afghanistan-explosion.html
A suicide car bomb exploded near the main gate of NATO headquarters in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three civilians and wounding 70 others, according to media reports quoting an Afghan security official.
The blast occurred around 8:40 a.m. local time, the CBC's Susan Ormiston reported from the capital. Sirens were heard across the city soon after the explosion, which sent a massive plume of smoke into the sky above an area that is also home to numerous embassies.
Capt. Elizabeth Mathias, a U.S. spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said the explosion occurred near the gate of ISAF headquarters in the Wazir Akhbar Khan district.
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Defence Ministry, said the casualties are all civilians and warned the toll could rise.
Television footage of the scene showed firefighters hosing down several smouldering vehicles destroyed by the blast beside the gate's concrete barriers. There are reports children were among the wounded.
A purported Taliban spokesman called media organizations to claim responsibility for the attack and said the target was the U.S. Embassy.
The explosion comes less than a week before the country holds elections for president and provincial councils.
The Taliban, Afghanistan's former hardline rulers, have vowed to disrupt the Aug. 20 vote, in which Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considered a front-runner.
http://www.cbc.ca/crossroads-afghanistan/story/2009/08/15/afghanistan-explosion.html
A suicide car bomb exploded near the main gate of NATO headquarters in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three civilians and wounding 70 others, according to media reports quoting an Afghan security official.
The blast occurred around 8:40 a.m. local time, the CBC's Susan Ormiston reported from the capital. Sirens were heard across the city soon after the explosion, which sent a massive plume of smoke into the sky above an area that is also home to numerous embassies.
Capt. Elizabeth Mathias, a U.S. spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said the explosion occurred near the gate of ISAF headquarters in the Wazir Akhbar Khan district.
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Defence Ministry, said the casualties are all civilians and warned the toll could rise.
Television footage of the scene showed firefighters hosing down several smouldering vehicles destroyed by the blast beside the gate's concrete barriers. There are reports children were among the wounded.
A purported Taliban spokesman called media organizations to claim responsibility for the attack and said the target was the U.S. Embassy.
The explosion comes less than a week before the country holds elections for president and provincial councils.
The Taliban, Afghanistan's former hardline rulers, have vowed to disrupt the Aug. 20 vote, in which Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considered a front-runner.