Afghanistan Brewing Up

On September One, two LA Times journalists, Laura King and Hashmat Baktash, wrote the article called "Bombs in Volatile District kill 12 Afghans, injure US troops". In the article they discuss what happened, how it happened, and the result of the bombings. On Saturday, which is the day the article was written, two suicide bombers bombed the Sayedabad District of Wardak province, killing eight civilians and four police officers, and also injuring several NATO troops which were identified as American. The first bomber was on foot, which caused not as much damage as the second one, which was a car bomb. Now why is this so important to discuss? It is important because the United States are trying to gain control over Afghanistan with their military, but so far they are having trouble controlling small attacks such as this one. Eventually, if these small attacks keep going, the Al 'Quada stationed in Afghanistan can start getting their edge back, and that is when real problems will occur. People think that the Afghanistan war has slowed down or is close to finish, but we are far from finishing, but fortunately we are on the right path. As I said in the other blog post, we must have a powerful police force taking control and holding all liberated areas so car bombings such as these become nearly impossible. Unfortunately, the police forces we have set up in liberated areas are having much trouble controlling those sectors. The United States should expect more car bombings or suicide bombings from Al 'Quada because that has been their traditional way of attacking and killing foreign invaders.