140 Afghans Killed In 2 Days Of Bombings

The story coming out of Afghanistan is of another increase in violence as a suicide car bomber kills 38 Afghans at a crowded market Monday, pushing the death toll from two days of militant bombings to about 140.

The marketplace blast, which targeted a Canadian army convoy, came a day after the country's deadliest insurgent attack since a U.S. invasion defeated the Taliban regime in late 2001. The toll from that bombing in a crowd watching a dog fight rose to more than 100. The back-to-back blasts in the southern province of Kandahar could be a sign insurgents are now willing to risk high civilian casualties while attacking security forces. Though their attacks occasionally have killed dozens, militants in Afghanistan have generally sought to avoid targeting civilians, unlike insurgents in Iraq's war.

The violence and attacks are a concern for a country once thought to be headed for renewal. The Taliban, and al-Qaeda terrorists have regrouped, and are on the offensive, all because we got blinded by Iraq, and we did not finish the job in Afghanistan first!! It is a sad day for our troops and for the Afghans, who are dying on a daily basis!!


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