Mine hits bus with wedding party; 10 die.
olice say a bus carrying a wedding party in southern Afghanistan has struck a mine, killing 10 people including the bride and groom.Mine hits bus?! Mine hits bus?!
Provincial police Chief Matiullah Khan says six other people were wounded in the explosion Saturday in Kandahar province's Spin Boldak district.
Khan says the victims included children.
He blames Taliban militants for planting the explosive.
The bus drove over a mine planted by Taliban terrorists.
However, there is one nugget of information that often gets overlooked in the whole story of Afghanistan. AP reports that 2,700 people, mostly Taliban terrorists have been killed there so far this year. The overwhelming majority of victims are Muslims who are simply trying to get by. Just how many of the 2,700 are Taliban the AP doesn't say, but the fact is that the level of violence is actually pretty low for a situation that the press is touting as being out of control.
That isn't to say that Afghanistan is safe or that the Taliban and al Qaeda presence isn't dangerous and remains an ongoing threat.
It just serves to provide some perspective that is lacking.
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