Militants attack US embassy in Kabul

Didn't see a thread on this yet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/world/asia/14afghanistan.html

On CNN they said they thought there were still two gunmen in the embassy at least.

Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of this, right now

Taliban is basically doing the Naijbullah equation. Except this time, they're not even waiting for the foreign backers to leave. Methinks they're attempting to collapse Karzai while America is still on watch, which is politically far more effective PR than taking him out post-2014, since its almost a given his government would collapse after that anyway. The earlier he falls, the more egg on NATO's face. Also helps the Taliban gain some popular support since Karzai has a near 0% Approval Rating.

Of course, this plan takes more risk, but they've been making good dividends since they whacked Wali Karzai, and now they intend to run the score.

edited 13th Sep '11 9:43:40 AM by FFShinra

It carries a huge liability and possibility however that they'll cause a repeat of the Anbar Awakening which both shot down the status quo of Iraq and secured a coalition victory in the region. If that happens in Afghanistan, the Taliban are more fucked than a career prostitute.

edited 13th Sep '11 4:05:38 PM by MajorTom

You DO realize the Anbar Awakening was mostly about Sunni Iraqi and American relations right? It's already starting to fizzle now that the US has mostly left there and you cannot simply transplant one strategy that worked in one place and expect it to work in another. The Taliban is a local movement, one that is based in the majority population of Afghanistan (the Pashtun). The Anbar Awakening was a disenfranchised minority reassessing its relationship with the occupation in lieu of foreign terrorists killing them as much as the "enemy".

Hey, they attacked our embassy too you know.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/14/taliban-nato-isaf-twitter

I dunno whether to laugh or to shake my head at this: This incident has actually devolved into a Flame War....by the sides who took part in the incident.

Welcome to modern-day cyber-warfare...

Flame Wars.

edited 14th Sep '11 7:45:18 AM by Greenmantle

Another attack in Kabul, an explosion this time. Looks like our Assassin friends have returned. They just killed a former president of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani,who was acting as the top peace negotiator for Kabul.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576582603229769900.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15055705

Another one.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204831304576594191593643736.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

An American woman has died from the attack.

edited 26th Sep '11 5:31:32 AM by FFShinra