surge update - Afghan official: 8 killed in Kabul suicide bombing

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KABUL -- A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens.

The brazen suicide attack underscored the precarious security situation in the heart of the Afghan capital. The blast was heard at the Foreign Ministry where officials and diplomats met to discuss government corruption.

Security officials at the scene suspect the bomber was going after the home of former vice president Ahmad Zia Massoud - the brother of famed anti-Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was killed by al-Qaida two days before the Sept. 11 attacks.

"Of course we were the target," said Shah Asmat, an aide to the former vice president. "Before, the Taliban killed Massoud. Now, they tried to kill his brother."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121500241.html?hpid=topnews

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1. Get used to it.

We have signaled that we are committed to a military solution.

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2. never