BREAKING- Afghanistan suicide bomber hits Kabul bus killing up to 12-bus was carrying FOREIGNERS-

Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi told news agency AFP that there were "a lot of casualties".

'Reporters at the scene counted six bodies - other reports say "at least nine" people have died.

Reuters reported that the bus was carrying foreign and local contract workers.

The news agency said that nine people had been killed, one Afghan translator and eight foreign workers for an international courier company, but this has not been confirmed.'

Afghanistan's Hezb Islami claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack and says it was launched in response to anti-Islam film

(twitter)

this had nothing to do with a movie

This comes on the same day that
U.S. military has suspended joint patrols with Afghans....
The order was issued after a long weekend in which four American and two British troops were killed by so-called "insider attacks" -- Afghans turning their guns on their supposed allies.

[link to www.cbsnews.com]

Last Edited by taniatarn on 09/17/2012 11:46 PM

You're dead right there...but it gives them a convenient excuse to throw around for anything now.

skip ahead to 1hr 24min for the truth



[link to www.youtube.com]

it's well worth the 1.5 hrs. covers a lot of ground quick.
a very accurate in-depth report. good intro material for folks.

AFG this mornings suicide attack has killed at least 13 including a passerby , mechanic& injures 2 ANSF Kabul police chief

(twitter)

Unconfirmed

At least 10 people were killed, including nine foreigners, when a suicide bomber blew himself up alongside a minivan on a busy highway leading to the airport in the Afghan capital, police said.

"There has been a suicide bombing next to a minivan, carrying foreigners," said Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi.

"There are a lot of casualties."

An Afghan official said nine foreigners and an Afghan were killed, and two Afghan policemen wounded.

"The foreigners were from a private company working at the airport," the official told AFP.

Police did not know the nationalities or profession of the foreigners in the minivan.

[link to www.abc.net.au]

Interesting info...makes perfect sense.

Reports of attack on minibus near Kabul. ISAF spokesman tell @bbc5live they believe those on bus were contract employees of the U.S Embassy

(twitter- unconfirmed)

Believed to be employees of DHL from other reports

( also twitter..so again unconfirmed )

Up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Eyewitnesses counted six bodies but officials say up to 12 people have died, most of them foreigners.

Reports say the vehicle was transporting international staff working at the airport.

An eyewitness said the suicide attacker was in another vehicle and appeared to target the minibus.

A senior counter terrorism official in Kabul told the BBC : '' We can confirm that the suicide attack was carried out by a female suicide attacker. She is either a young girl or a women.''

LInk also has photo..wow that must have been some bomb...!!

[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

Hezb-e-Islami, which means Islamic Party, is a radical militant group which shares some of the Taliban's anti-foreigner, anti-government aims.

But the political wing of the group, founded by warlord and anti-Soviet fighter Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has recently been in nascent talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a peace deal to end the 11-year war.

The attack on the van took place as it stopped to refuel near the airport. Body parts were scattered over an area at the western end of the heavily fortified airport, outside a wedding hall.

Police said several civilians were caught up in the blast, which again underscored the ability of militants to bypass police checkpoints in the city, which had been manned by extra security forces after Monday's rioting.

"The target was a minivan carrying employees of a foreign company who had a contract with Americans. The seven foreigners killed were Russians and South Africans," said General Mohammmad Dawod Amin, a deputy for Kabul's police chief. [link to economictimes.indiatimes.com]

A suicide car bomb targeted a van carrying foreigners, killing eight and their Afghan interpreter, on the main road near Kabul's international airport Tuesday, an Afghan official said.

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[link to edition.cnn.com]

Update: 5 killed in Afghanistan blast were South African nationals - @NBCNews

[link to www.breakingnews.com]

lake mecca, let's build it

Out of glass !?

another false flag attack, story 1st released by associated press and camera there to document it..not at all strange that they find her passport at the blast site?

Another pic: [link to www.channel4.com]