Teams Of Suicide Bombers Hit Afghan City

U.S. Forces Ambushed During Explosive Battle In Khost, Officials Say

(AP)  Teams of suicide bombers and insurgents attacked two government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gun battles in a major Afghan city, officials said. Armed insurgents took government workers hostage and ambushed an American quick-reaction force, wounding one U.S. soldier.

The firefight lasted several hours, but the situation is under control, a U.S. military official told CBS News.

At least four security forces, two civilians and an unknown number of militants were killed in the attack, which began around 10 a.m. and raged for hours, a doctor said. But officials cited mass confusion over the multi-pronged attack in Khost city, and a doctor said bodies lay in the street that medical workers couldn't reach because of the fighting.

The attack began when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Khost governor's compound, the Interior Ministry said.

Then a team of suicide bombers on foot tried to attack the nearby police headquarters, but were rebuffed by security forces and entered the neighboring municipality building, said Gen. Abdul Qayum Bakizoy, the police chief. Three bombers detonated their explosives, the Interior Ministry said, while other militants took city employees hostage, Bakizoy said.

A U.S. spokesman summed up the chaos: "A lot of stuff is going on right now."

A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed that 30 suicide bombers had attacked the government buildings.

Dr. Amir Shah Mangal said four security forces and two civilians were killed in the attack and that 16 others - including 14 civilians - were wounded. He said there were many other bodies lying near the municipality building but medical personnel could not reach the area because of the ongoing clash.

Militants in recent months have carried out an increasing number of multi-pronged attacks that involved several attackers and multiple suicide bombers. Military analysts have said the increasing sophistication of attacks in Afghanistan is a result of training by Pakistani militants and al Qaeda fighters.

[Dgunner]

allyic THE PROBLEM HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE RULES OF WAR DON'T AND CAN'T APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO KILL FOR RELIGIOUS SATISFACTION.. THE PROBLEM PARRALLELS WITH OUR SYMPATHETIC TACTICS THAT ARE NOT WORKING..SYMPATHY IS FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY BETWEEN SH---T AND SYPHILISS. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IT ON A MODERN BATTLEFIELD. THE SOONER OUR SO CALLED WISE LEADERS REALIZE THIS . THE SOONER IT WILL END.

[jwind1]

I bet tj217 would blow himself up if Obama asked him to

[jwind1]

THE BUSH/CHENEY REPUBLICAN WAR OF CHOICE IN IRAQ JUST

KEEPS PUMPING OUT THE BODIES, I HOPE ALL YOU REPUBLICANS

ARE REAL PROUD OF YOURSELVES
Posted by Vua-Quan-Nhan at 12:50 PM : May 12, 2009

story about afghan city.....vua-quan-nhan....not the sharpest knife in the drawer folks

[enriquecaliente]

It was Bush, Rummy and Cheny who dropped the ball here. They should have finished the job, instead of running off to Iraq on false pretenses. Just another mess, left to Obama and Co, to clean up. And don't even talk about how safe they kept us. After the 1993 World Trade Center bombings, we didn't have another attack on US soil, until 9/11 and whose watch do you think that happed on.?

[Trust_me_]

hbevis

if he does not have this power then why did he promise in the election to do just this ?

[Trust_me_]

Its wild to me that these people just suicide bomb themselves. Seems like there would be other options that would be just as effective.

Hope we never see this practice here!

[Trust_me_]

Why dont the moderate talabani stop with the bombs, I thought Obama said were sorry,
I thought he reached out to them?

I thought they loved us now that one of thier own was in the white house?

[guyfrompa45]

Drop one very large Bomb

[fedup12]

Its wild to me that these people just suicide bomb themselves. Seems like there would be other options that would be just as effective.

But it seems like they just want to blow themselves up.

Sick.

[noloyalisti]

This is a sick and twisted quagmire and another tragic chapter in out anti-democratic pro corporation imperialism. We have not business in Afghanistan just as we don't have in most of the places they are using our tax money for. What a sad, sick and disgusting country American has become. And it seems to be getting worse.