The US Still Hates Afghan Weddings
Original story:
Videos Taliban blamed for attack on wedding party that killed 40
"A Taliban suicide bomber was last night blamed for an attack in the middle of a crowded wedding party that killed 40 as revenge against villagers who were working with the Kabul government."
Now:
Afghan wedding carnage 'a US strike'
"The deadly attack on a group of civilians at a wedding in southern Afghanistan was a US-led air strike, a Taliban spokesman claims. The bomb explosion in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on Wednesday left about 40 people dead and more than 80 others injured, a Press TV correspondent reported. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said on Thursday that Wednesday night's blast was not an attack by the group, but a US-led strike. The spokesman also strongly rejected remarks by Kandahar officials that blamed the Taliban for the explosion. The Afghan interior ministry announced the wedding was targeted by a car bombing carried out by militants, while NATO officials said the Taliban were behind the attack. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai condemned the Wednesday's assault, his office said in a statement, ordering an investigation of the incident. The tragic incident has produced one of the highest death tolls in a single incident in recent months in Afghanistan. Taliban attacks generally cause relatively few casualties, yet the number of incidents caused by US-led forces have resulted in high civilian death tolls."
Want to bet Karzai's 'investigation goes nowhere? Empire has a history of blaming (fill in the group) for attacks on their fellow civilians, as if that makes all the sense in the world. Also the US has this thing for slaughtering entire Afghan wedding parties.
Videos Taliban blamed for attack on wedding party that killed 40
"A Taliban suicide bomber was last night blamed for an attack in the middle of a crowded wedding party that killed 40 as revenge against villagers who were working with the Kabul government."
Now:
Afghan wedding carnage 'a US strike'
"The deadly attack on a group of civilians at a wedding in southern Afghanistan was a US-led air strike, a Taliban spokesman claims. The bomb explosion in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on Wednesday left about 40 people dead and more than 80 others injured, a Press TV correspondent reported. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said on Thursday that Wednesday night's blast was not an attack by the group, but a US-led strike. The spokesman also strongly rejected remarks by Kandahar officials that blamed the Taliban for the explosion. The Afghan interior ministry announced the wedding was targeted by a car bombing carried out by militants, while NATO officials said the Taliban were behind the attack. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai condemned the Wednesday's assault, his office said in a statement, ordering an investigation of the incident. The tragic incident has produced one of the highest death tolls in a single incident in recent months in Afghanistan. Taliban attacks generally cause relatively few casualties, yet the number of incidents caused by US-led forces have resulted in high civilian death tolls."
Want to bet Karzai's 'investigation goes nowhere? Empire has a history of blaming (fill in the group) for attacks on their fellow civilians, as if that makes all the sense in the world. Also the US has this thing for slaughtering entire Afghan wedding parties.
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