Kabul, Dec 2 (EFE).- The Taliban thwarted an attempt to kill veteran warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, also known as the “Butcher of Kabul”, who was in a mosque in Kabul ahead of a Friday sermon. The attempted attack occurred early in the afternoon in southwest Kabul, when two attackers tried to storm the complex in a …
At 2:50 p.m. on April 15, 2013, two explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The brazen terrorist attack killed three people, injured and maimed hundreds more, and shocked the nation. Despite being long recognized as a potential threat by law enforcement and intelligence, few Americans had considered the use of an improvised explosive device (IED) on American soil. And, due to only a few, and relatively small, attacks since 9/11, the public was not in a state of awareness.
At 2:50 p.m. on April 15, 2013, two explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The brazen terrorist attack killed three people, injured and maimed hundreds more, and shocked the nation. Despite being long recognized as a potential threat by law enforcement and intelligence, few Americans had considered the use of an improvised explosive device (IED) on American soil. And, due to only a few, and relatively small, attacks since 9/11, the public was not in a state of awareness.
The United States has made considerable progress in its war touproot Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and the Taliban regimethat protects it in Afghanistan. However, the challenge forWashington will be to turn the rout of the Taliban into a decisivemilitary victory and then ensure that the post-war politicalstructure that emerges prevents Islamic extremists such as theTaliban and bin Laden from returning to roost in Afghanistan.