Taliban claim car bomb near US consulate in Afghanistan

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Source: Al Jazeera America

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb that exploded outside a U.S. consulate in the western Afghanistan city of Herat Friday, followed by a gunfight between security forces and fighters.

At least seven people -- three security force members and four attackers -- were reportedly killed.

A Twitter posting from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that the consulate was secure after the gun battle, and that consulate security had defeated the attackers.

The assailants appeared to be "wearing suicide explosive devices," according to a State Department release. No U.S. nationals have been reported killed.

Read more: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/12/car-bomb-explodesoutsideusconsulateinafghanistan.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Gee, we're so busy looking forward to our next war, we kind of forget this one.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. 12 years later, USA still bogged down in Afghanistan

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The longest engagement in USA's military history.

Didn't learn much from the USSR's fate trying to control Afghanistan,

and USA supplying & training the Taliban to fight the Soviets.

Guess what! The Taliban learned a lot from the USA,

USA learned nothing.

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