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02-10-2014, 09:33 AM
Obama's surge was supposed to be ending soon but war violence still rages on.
In other news, civilian deaths went up in Afghanistan in 2013 compared to past years.
Bomb kills two American contractors in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:07am EST
(Reuters) - A car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two United States contractors for the international security force ISAF on Monday, the NATO-led force and a U.S. official said.
The explosion in eastern Kabul was the latest incident to rattle the city ahead of April's presidential election due to choose the country's first new leader since 2001.
"Two International Security Assistance Force contracted civilians died as the result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/places/afghanistan?lc=int_mb_1001) today," ISAF said in a statement.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the slain contractors were American.
Afghanistan's future remains uncertain as the Taliban continue their insurgent campaign and Washington and President Hamid Karzai are deadlocked over a bilateral security deal to let some U.S. forces stay beyond the end of 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSBREA190Y620140210
In other news, civilian deaths went up in Afghanistan in 2013 compared to past years.
Bomb kills two American contractors in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:07am EST
(Reuters) - A car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two United States contractors for the international security force ISAF on Monday, the NATO-led force and a U.S. official said.
The explosion in eastern Kabul was the latest incident to rattle the city ahead of April's presidential election due to choose the country's first new leader since 2001.
"Two International Security Assistance Force contracted civilians died as the result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/places/afghanistan?lc=int_mb_1001) today," ISAF said in a statement.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the slain contractors were American.
Afghanistan's future remains uncertain as the Taliban continue their insurgent campaign and Washington and President Hamid Karzai are deadlocked over a bilateral security deal to let some U.S. forces stay beyond the end of 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSBREA190Y620140210