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U.N. Voices Concernafter Taliban Attacks Hit Kabul |
| 2014-12-13 |
| [An Nahar] The U.N. voiced "serious concern" about the Taliban's persistent threat after the group killed seven people in two suicide attacks in Kabul Thursday, including one targeting a play at a French-financed high school. The warning comes with the Afghan capital having been hit by a series of deadly attacks in recent weeks, highlighting the fragility of security as foreign combat troops leave after more than a decade of war. The late afternoon bombing at the Istiqlal High School, attached to the city's long-established French cultural center, killed a foreign national and came just hours after another suicide attack on a bus carrying Afghan troops in the capital's suburbs killed six soldiers. The bomber killed a foreign national and wounded at least seven people, according to Kabul police official General Farid Afzail, who added that the perpetrator is thought to have been a teenager. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, however, said the "barbaric" attack had left several people dead. The United Nations Security Council issued a unanimous statement condemning the attacks which also voiced "serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other terrorist and extremist groups, and illegal armed groups." The blast struck during a musical theatre production entitled "Heartbeat: The Silence After the Explosion", which was a condemnation of suicide attacks, the BBC reported. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed both bombings in separate email statements, saying the theater show was "desecrating Islamic values" and "propaganda against jihad". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Well guys, that's the best they can do. The Taliban is not a sovereign nation with a government or a foreign minister so they can't write them a sternly worded letter...much less a full and frank exchange of ideas. They are at least wise enough to know either of the above will get their head stuck on a fence somewhere. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-12-13 23:48 |
| #2 You'll know it'll get serious when they have an underling draft a 'note of concern'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-13 10:50 |
| #1 The U.N. voiced "serious concern" about the Taliban's persistent threat after the group killed seven people in two suicide attacks in Kabul Thursday, including one targeting a play at a French-financed high school. "Well, that's done. Lunch?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-12-13 08:16 |