77 Americans wounded in Afghan truck bombing

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By RAHIM FAIEZ

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and five Afghans civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, a stark reminder that the war in Afghanistan still rages 10 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States.

No U.S. soldiers were killed in Saturday night's bombing, which took place hours after the Taliban vowed to keep fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan until all American troops leave the country. The insurgent movement also stressed that it had no role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The blast shaved the facades from shops outside Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province and broke windows in government offices nearby, said Roshana Wardak, a former parliamentarian who runs a clinic in the nearby town of the same name. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Eight wounded civilians were brought to Wardak's clinic, two of them with wounds serious enough that they were sent to Kabul. She said one 3-year-old girl died of her wounds on the way to the clinic.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110911/D9PMAGUG0.html

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In this June 16, 2010 handout photo provided by the U.S. Army, a general view of a rainbow after a good rain shower at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and two Afghan civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting the American base in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, a stark reminder that the war in Afghanistan still rages 10 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States. The blast, which occurred late Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, shaved the facades from shops outside the Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province and broke windows in government offices nearby, said Roshana Wardak, a former parliamentarian who runs a clinic in the nearby town of the same name. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Sean McKenna/U.S. Army,HO)

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[Historic NY]

2. Interesting could this be what the chatter was about.

[madokie]

3. "The insurgent movement also stressed that it had no role in the Sept. 11 attacks."

Why are we still there? Is it the killing thats going on, is that the reason?? What else could it be???

I hope to someday understand but today is not that day

[Dover]

13. Why? really? ...n/t

[James48]

4. bring our soldiers home.

now.

[Harmony Blue]

5. Get out now!

This is madness to stay there.

[timtom]

6. Damn!

That's too bad.

but....what on earth were those 77 ever doing in Afghanistan, of all places, for Pete's sake? That doesn't sound very safe.

Or helpful.

[democrank]

7. BRING THEM HOME!!!!

[democrat2thecore]

8. PLEASE read this....(inside)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1919687&mesg_id=1919687

This may very well have been worse than the military is admitting as the news of mass fatalities would have "ruined" 9/11 ceremonies.

[tawadi]

11. Interesting. eom

[bemildred]

9. 2 killed, 102 injured in suicide bomb in central Afghanistan: ISAF

KABUL, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Two Afghan civilians were killed and 102 personnel of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan civilians injured when a suicide car bomb went off in Afghanistan's central Wardak province on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement on Sunday.

"Two Afghan civilians were killed and a significant number of ISAF and Afghan civilians were injured as a result of the Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack at approx 5:30 p.m. at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, yesterday," the statement said.

"Seventy-seven ISAF personnel and less than 25 Afghan civilians have received non-life-threatening injuries. The majority of injured ISAF personnel will likely return to duties shortly," the statement said.

The injured personnel were evacuated to medical facilities throughout the area or were treated on scene, it said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/11/c_131132913.htm

[Amonester]

10. But, but, but... we have to train their army so they'll run away scared...

as soon as we'll leave... :sarcasm:

What a waste.

Why is it so 'hard' for all pols to understand that, since the majority of 'common sense' people already has?


And that was in March... Wonder how it is NOW...

HOME NOW!

[stevedeshazer]

12. +1 so more can see n/t