CNN -
A suicide car bomb blast near a voter registration site killed 16 people, 14 of them children, and wounded 58 in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to a senior police official and the U.S. military.
A Taliban spokesman said one of his group’s fighters carried out the attack.
When security guards stopped the car at the entrance to the Mandozai district headquarters, the driver detonated the explosives inside the car, Khost provincial security chief Mohammad Yaqoub said.
A security guard and an Afghan National Army soldier were among the dead. There were no military casualties, said U.S. Col. Gregory Julian. Coalition and Afghan forces worked together to evacuate the wounded to military and civilian hospitals, he said.
The military released photos of the incident, saying they “provide further proof the Afghan militants are not interested in the welfare nor benefit of the Afghan people.”
AP -
Photos of the bombing’s aftermath showed bloodied text books lying on the ground beside small pairs of shoes. Afghan officials said the kids were attending a final day of class for the year to find out whether they would move up to the next grade.
Seventeen dead.
- Fourteen children between the ages of eight and ten years old.
- One hired security guard.
- One Afghan National Army soldier.
- One Taliban “freedom fighter.”
The Taliban claimed this pinhead as their own within hours of the blast. Allah must be so proud.
Allahpundit’s blog post here.
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1 Comment
December 29, 2008 at 6:13 pm
The political cartoon you shared speaks volumes.
There is no sacrifice Islamic extremists are unwilling to make.
There is no sacrifice Americans are willing to make -
any sacrifice is considered too extreme.