Afghan militants ramp up suicide strikes — experts
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KABUL — A recent wave of deadly Afghan suicide attacks with mass civilian casualties shows that insurgents waging a war now in its tenth year are resorting to bombing “soft” targets, officials and experts say.
In the last three weeks more than 100 persons, most of them innocent bystanders, have died in six suicide attacks. The government, Nato and a top US official say the apparent new tactic is proof the militants are running scared.
But not everyone agrees.
On Monday, a suicide attack killed 31 persons at a government office in the north, while on Saturday the troubled country witnessed its deadliest attack since June when 38 died at a bank in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.
The capital Kabul has also been hit with high-profile attacks, including on a supermarket popular with Westerners and a shopping mall, leading to security on the streets being stepped up in recent days..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110224com6.html
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