Attack on Red Cross office in Afghan city of Jalalabad

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

An office of the Red Cross has been attacked in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, local officials say.

A suicide bomber targeted the office gate, with two attackers now holed up inside the building, officials say.

A gun battle between the attackers and security forces is continuing, according to a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province.

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"There is a terrorist attack against the office of the ICRC. The area is currently surrounded by police," an interior ministry spokesman told AFP news agency.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22705575

[rhett o rick]

1. k&r

[uppityperson]

4. The article reads more like it was Taliban

[uppityperson]

6. Yup. The Taliban was backed by USA to help stabilize the country against the tribal chiefs, and it

did to a big extent. Unfortunately the cost was huge for everyone, especially women but any man who did not go along all the way. Indoctrination of children (boys) by providing free education resulted in a generation of Fundamentalist freaks. Money poured into the country by way of education and health care for a generation would cost less than the wars and result in a much better socio-economic-political climate for all. But that wouldn't make money for the War Machine so, here we are.

[clarice]

2. What in the f____k is wrong with those people? nt

[Bully Taw]

7. little common sense...

and no value placed on their lives or anyone else's. combine that with religious fanaticism and very little secular education. This is what that produces.

[clarice]

8. +1 nt