Heartless Libertarian, who was there, has some thoughts on the subject.
If you need to catch up on the event - click here.I was 2-300 meters, and 2 or 3 blast walls, away when it happened. In a solid building, and it rattled the place.
I haven't seen any of our own official reports, but the AP says we (we meaning NATO) had 3 soldiers from Macedonia slightly wounded. A whole bunch, close to 100 according to the AP story, of civilians wounded and some dead. Some of those are kids.
Those kids are at the gate every day, selling gum and such to people walking in and out. The bombers obviously did their reconnaissance, so they had to know it. And they did their bomb anyway. That's the kind of evil that you just can't negotiate with.
A couple of points on the good side:
1-the ANSF apparently stopped the guy before he got to the gate. The distance in the story is about where the last checkpoint is.
2-No news stories mentioned it, but Kabul emergency services (fire, ambulance) were on scene within 10 minutes. I challenge any big city emergency department in the US to do much better.
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El Capitan @ Dude Where's The Beach
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