Voting

A man outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, looked in on his wounded relative, seen reflected on glass toward the right. [Mauricio Lima/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images]

First Kabul… and they took out 6 Nato forces, 5 American, 1 Canadian. Total dead, 18. Car bomb.  One that worked.

A suicide car bomber has killed 18 people – including five US soldiers – and injured 52 more in the deadliest attack this year on foreign troops in the Afghan capital.

Most of the victims were Afghan civilians caught in the blast when the bomber targeted a Nato-led convoy.

The bomber struck during rush hour close to the parliament.

Taliban militants said they had carried out the attack, using a van packed with 750kg (1,650lb) of explosives. snip

NOW they hit Bagram air base…. but were handily repulsed, we are told…

KABUL—The Taliban launched a pre-dawn attack on a sprawling coalition airbase north of Kabul Wednesday, one week after promising a new push against Afghan and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces around the country.

Seven insurgents were killed in the attack, which sought to pierce the perimeter of Bagram Airbase with small arms and rockets, officials at the base said.

The attack appeared to have been repulsed by the time dawn broke, officials said, although small arms fire was still audible near the base this morning. Five U.S. soldiers were wounded, but there were no fatalities, officials said. snip

The enemy gets a vote.

I am sure tho that the Tea Party (they are coming!) will get more coverage.

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