Afghanistan: Two killed in blast at foreign compound in Kabul
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- At least four people died Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into the gate of a foreign security compound.
The compound, one of many in the Afghan capital, was guarded by foreign and Afghan personnel and was the headquarters for foreign contracting companies. The blast rattled windows across the city and caused a large plume of smoke above Kabul.
A spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said two guards and two attackers were killed. Three civilians were reported injured. The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
The NATO International Security Assistance Force announced that none of its personnel was injured.
The blast was the latest in a series of suicide explosions in Kabul in the past several weeks, and came two days after Shukria Barakzai, a prominent female legislator, was targeted. She was wounded, and three civilians killed, as she rode in a convoy of vehicles near the parliament building.
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Published November 18, 2014
As of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at least 2,208 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
The AP count is three less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 1,828 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 136 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, 11 were the result of hostile action.
The AP count of total OEF casualties outside of Afghanistan is five more than the department's tally.
The Defense Department also counts four military civilian deaths.
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 20,040 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department.
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A Taliban attack in Afghanistans fortified capital Tuesday triggered fresh concerns about the ability of U.S.-trained Afghan security forces to secure Kabul as international combat troops withdraw from the war-torn nation.
A small truck laden with explosives rammed the gate of a compound housing foreigners on Kabuls eastern outskirts, Afghan officials said. Two gunmen then tried to enter the breached gate. Four people, including two Afghan security guards, were killed in the attack, and no NATO forces were slain or wounded.
The assault was the latest in stepped-up bombings in the capital. Over the past week, suicide bombers have targeted the chief of police and a female lawmaker, both of whom survived.
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Before Tuesdays attack, analysts had suggested that the Taliban is set to exploit weaknesses in Afghanistans security forces as U.S. and NATO troops dwindle to about 12,000 over the next two years.
Thomas Joscelyn, a security analyst with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Taliban is actually in pretty good shape to make a stunning comeback after the West leaves, despite more than a decade of U.S.-led warfare.
U.S. intelligence officials have long warned of senior al Qaeda operatives fleeing into Afghanistan to avoid U.S. drone strikes on hideouts in Pakistan.
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But analysts say a more disturbing development centers on behind-the-scenes assistance the Taliban has received from Pakistan as well as from the Haqqani network, whose terrorists move easily across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Theyve already been providing broad support for the Taliban, even with the U.S. there, said Mr. Joscelyn, senior editor of the Long War Journal.With the U.S. drawing out of the region, thats only going to increase.
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