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Islamic State Attack on Kabul Military Hospital Kills at Least 23
WSJ ^ | Nov. 2, 2021 2:28 pm ET | By Yaroslav Trofimov

Posted on 11/02/2021 12:11:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Islamic State militants stormed Afghanistan’s main military hospital, now housing injured Taliban fighters and veterans of the former Afghan military, and killed at least 23 people in the latest eruption of violence since the country’s U.S.-backed government collapsed in mid-August.

Though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that five Islamic State militants participated in Tuesday’s complex attack and were all killed. The extremist group has intensified the tempo of strikes against Taliban targets and the country’s Shiite minority in recent weeks. It stormed the same hospital, in Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, in 2017.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; islamicstate; kabul; militaryhospital; rop; taliban

1 posted on 11/02/2021 12:11:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Islamic State militants killing members of the Taliban and vice versa?

Sounds like a win-win to me.


2 posted on 11/02/2021 12:13:31 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: BenLurkin
killed at least 23 people in the latest eruption of violence since the country’s U.S.-backed government collapsed in mid-August.

Funny how the msn outlets aren't reporting the state of collapse in Afghanistan.

3 posted on 11/02/2021 12:14:02 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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This is why Israel survives. The ragheads hate each other even more than they do the Jooz.


4 posted on 11/02/2021 12:16:52 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Those ISIS boys, they’re badass. It takes huevos to put your life on the line attacking a hospital.


5 posted on 11/02/2021 12:17:42 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: BenLurkin
ISIS vs Taliban.


6 posted on 11/02/2021 12:18:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MplsSteve

You took the words right out of my mouth.
The only way it could be better is if they also killed some Chicoms,


7 posted on 11/02/2021 12:19:35 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: BenLurkin

And the downside is?....................🤔


8 posted on 11/02/2021 12:48:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Next target: Afghani camel retirement homes


9 posted on 11/02/2021 1:32:47 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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To: BenLurkin

And the “bad” news is???


10 posted on 11/02/2021 1:41:32 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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