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Obama Afghanistan Visit: Taliban Claims Responsibility For Explosion In Kabul Hours After President's Exit

Reuters  |  Posted: 05/ 1/2012 10:12 pm Updated: 05/ 2/2012 1:00 pm


May 2 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Barack Obama left Kabul following an unannounced visit during which he signed a strategic partnership agreement.

Reuters journalists heard an explosion and police said they were investigating a blast in eastern Kabul. Obama left earlier after making a televised address to Americans from Bagram Air Base north of the capital.

A U.S. embassy warning system urged staff to stay away from windows and take cover. The embassy is in the main diplomatic area in the centre of the city. (Reporting by Michael Georgy and Mirwais Harooni; Editing by Paul Tait)

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Reality always bites
Sometimes just a bit peckish
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04:13 PM on 05/03/2012
Visiting on the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's reported death (Who knows when it really happened?) was either insensitive or provocative.
Whatever the reality it has resulted in more death and outrage!
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Robert59
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11:06 AM on 05/02/2012
AN unannounced secret visit and the Taliban have time to plan and carry out several attacks in the Kabul. Smells fishy. Someone in the Karzai administration passed info to the Taliban ahead of the visit. If he is the best afghanistan has to offer, their country is doomed. He has been a horrible ally. Too bad we could not have dragged him out of his office after he stated he would side with Pakistan if we went to war with it, even though that is where all the Taliban leadership live.
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TJFortch
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03:23 AM on 05/03/2012
the afghans mostly hate karzai and pakistan where the taliban were groomed.
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intolleft
ObamaTAX...getting you shovel ready
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11:06 AM on 05/02/2012
Mission Accomplished.
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skeehanson5990
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09:40 AM on 05/02/2012
Though I hae no doubt that the Taliban is proud of its misbehavior, we are under no obligation to endorse their self=admiration. In cases like this I have always felt that "accepts responsibility for" would, there being no credit involved, be a better phrase than "claims credit for".
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Amanda Matthews
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09:35 AM on 05/02/2012
You don't suppose the flash of those explosives is the 'Light' that Obama was talking about, do you?
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Skippy Rydell
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09:20 AM on 05/02/2012
Obama hasn't done anything strategic that wasn't related to his re-election campaign.
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thumped5000
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09:16 AM on 05/02/2012
Bush's fault.
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Trustfunded1
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08:59 AM on 05/02/2012
Obama is just like President Johnson.

Unlike Johnson he's decided he's running for a second term.
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Skippy Rydell
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09:27 AM on 05/02/2012
But like LBJ, he will be a one termer.
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QUIT LYING
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09:56 AM on 05/02/2012
We can hope.
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doc holliday 4357
If you’ve got a business you didn’t build that
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08:48 AM on 05/02/2012
More of that "New Day" stuff.
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Hatima Transport
Let peace prevail Obama/Biden 2012
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08:44 AM on 05/02/2012
Attacking your own..how stupid.
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Don1Carter
I luv my DemoCRAT Party
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08:43 AM on 05/02/2012
I guess if the President had not gone there, nobody would have been killed in Afghanistan today.
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GotDat Wright
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08:34 AM on 05/02/2012
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What a magnificent campaign setting...

Look away from that open door....don't want to see the chaos outside...
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Willie12345
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08:33 AM on 05/02/2012
The plan is working. The Taliban's plan that is ...............
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barnowl
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10:48 AM on 05/02/2012
So you GOPers are rooting for the Taliban? Figures.
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Willie12345
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11:21 AM on 05/02/2012
Nope. The Taliban are just waiting for our troops to leave on the target date. That's been their plan for a long time and Obama is just working hard to meet that target date. He's supporting the Taliban's strategy.
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Stephen Freese
Wisdom of world foolishness to God
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08:26 AM on 05/02/2012
"over POTUS by the independents as they vote with their pocket book"...
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doc holliday 4357
If you’ve got a business you didn’t build that
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08:49 AM on 05/02/2012
The freeloaders all vote Obama. It's the democrat core.
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Alekxi
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09:19 AM on 05/02/2012
Biased
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09:33 AM on 05/02/2012
The "real" doc holliday wasn't stupid. What's your excuse??
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Stephen Freese
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08:25 AM on 05/02/2012
Bush derangement syndrome is still alive...Never a word of accountability for this presidents policies the last 3.5 years. Interesting that he said that if he did not reduce the deficit and the unemployment rates down to 6% he would be a one term president. Amazing how progressives keep proving daily that liberalism is indeed a mental disorder. POTUS will be out of office soon and then y'all will develop the Romney hate syndrome as well. Romney is a liberal RINO and still he will be elected or POTUS by the independents as they vote with their pocket book.
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