Posted on 10/01/2014 3:50:37 AM PDT by markomalley
Two Taliban suicide bombers hit army buses in Kabul on Wednesday with initial reports of six people killed in the twin attack, police said, one day after the new Afghan government signed a deal for U.S. troops to stay in the country.
The Taliban, who strongly opposed the U.S. agreement, claimed responsibility for the two early-morning attacks on vehicles carrying military employees to work in the capital.
“There have been two suicide attacks targeting buses carrying Afghan national army personnel,” Farid Afzali, chief of the city’s police investigation department, told AFP.
“Initial reports say six military people and civilians were killed in one of the attacks.”
The Taliban claimed at least 20 soldiers were killed, but the insurgents regularly exaggerate death tolls after attacks.
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Twins huh?
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