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| Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan over leaflet ‘insult’ |
| 2017-09-08 |
[DAWN] A jacket wallah riding a cycle of violence went kaboom!outside an American base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in an attack the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... claimed was Dire Revenge for a US leaflet deemed highly offensive to Moslems. US and Afghan authorities confirmed several people were maimed in the late afternoon attack at Bagram Airfield, America’s largest base in the country. The Taliban grabbed credit and said it was in retaliation for "their insult to the Islamic creed". NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... ’s Resolute Support mission said in a statement that "an kaboom" had occurred "outside an entry control point" to Bagram that had caused a "small number of casualties". Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the attacker had killed and maimed "over 20 soldiers". NATO forces frequently drop leaflets over large swathes of Afghanistan in an effort to persuade locals against supporting krazed killers. Major General James Linder, who heads the US and NATO special operations forces in Afghanistan, issued a statement apologising for the leaflet design which he said was an "error". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Not even a pic of the offensive pamphlet at the link. :-( |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-09-08 17:31 |
| #2 Offensive to whom? Some imam whose plans for world conquest was thawed? |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-09-08 17:31 |
| #1 Methinks Pakistan is in a snit. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-08 15:08 |