(USA Today) A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed his bike into a patrol of Afghan and international forces on Monday morning in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three U.S. troops and their Afghan translator, officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.
The bomber struck a group of Afghan police and international troops shortly after they got out of their vehicles to walk through a market area in Khost city, the capital of Khost province, said provincial government spokesman Baryalai Wakman.
Six civilians and four police officers were killed in the blast, Wakman said.
Coalition spokesman Maj. Adam Wojack would only confirm that three NATO service members and their translator died in a bombing in the east on Monday, without giving an exact location or the nationalities of the dead.
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Matt, I am in full agreement with you that we should already be gone from Afganistan instead of maintaining a target presence there. I cannot for the life of me understand why we are there. We got Bin Laden. You cannot nation build unless you have completely subjugated the enemy, which we are no where near. I don’t think they have oil deposits, but if they did, it makes no sense to develope assets for our enemies. I am baffled as to why we are there……
Someone once said politicans are like diapers, they should be changed ofter before they begin to stink.
Matt, the changing objective is called “mission creep” . It happens when you don’t have a clearly defined objective.
Is this the same project that Henderson County footed the bill for the water line to the project? I think it is.
Makes you wonder if someone was paid off.