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enhanced_deficit
05-13-2015, 06:15 PM
Latest Afghan war news:

Gunmen storm Afghan guesthouse hosting party for foreigners
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen stormed a guesthouse in the Afghan capital as it hosted a party for foreigners Wednesday night, with an eyewitness saying several dozen people, including Americans, likely were being held captive.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though the Taliban have attacked guesthouses before in Kabul.
Earlier Wednesday, gunmen killed 12 people and wounded 12 in an attack on a government compound in the city of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, authorities said.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/asia/2015/05/gunmen_storm_afghan_guesthouse_hosting_party_for_f oreigners

wizardwatson
05-13-2015, 06:23 PM
Americans at a party in Kabul honoring a Canadian.

What's the saying, "Here's your sign."

http://i.imgur.com/yG4oih3.jpg

enhanced_deficit
05-14-2015, 07:52 PM
American among 14 killed in Taliban attack in Kabul Published May 14, 2015

May 13, 2015: Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Park Palace Hotel attack by Taliban militants, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan president on Thursday condemned the Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse the previous night that killed 14 people, including nine foreigners, and said the brutal slayings will not undermine his government's efforts to achieve peace and stability.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/14/gunmen-storm-afghan-guesthouse-hosting-party-for-foreigners/

enhanced_deficit
05-26-2015, 09:20 PM
Militants lay siege to guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital

AP 8:47 p.m. EDT May 26, 2015
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Heavy gunfire and explosions broke out again early Wednesday in an upscale neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital, as police surrounded a guesthouse popular with foreigners thought to be under attack by insurgents.The firefight in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, home to several embassies, sounded to be focused on the Rabbani Guesthouse. It began just after 11 p.m. Tuesday (1830 GMT, 2:30 p.m. EDT), with heavy explosions accompanying sporadic automatic weapon fire.
Police could not be immediately reached for comment, though officers could be seen blocking off roads into the area. Police officers later smashed lights throughout the neighborhood to cover their movements.

Taliban militants attacked a guesthouse earlier this month in Kabul, killing an American, a British citizen, an Italian, four Indian nationals, five Afghans and two Pakistanis. The United Nations already has documented a record high number of civilian casualties — 974 killed and 1,963 injured — in the first four months of 2015, a 16 percent increase over the same period last year.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/26/kabul-guesthouse-attack/27989157/