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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has closed following deadly insurgent attacks on a German Consulate and an American military base.
In a statement late Saturday, the embassy says it will be "closed for routine services" Sunday "as a temporary precautionary measure."
The unusual decision comes after four Americans — two soldiers and two contractors — were killed in a suicide attack Saturday at Bagram Airfield near the capital, Kabul.
Two days earlier, insurgents attacked the German Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing six people and wounding more than 100.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul regularly warns Americans against travel to Afghanistan, where a Taliban-led insurgency is in its 16th year.
The insurgency has become more virulent since most international combat troops withdrew in 2014.
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In a statement late Saturday, the embassy says it will be "closed for routine services" Sunday "as a temporary precautionary measure."
The unusual decision comes after four Americans — two soldiers and two contractors — were killed in a suicide attack Saturday at Bagram Airfield near the capital, Kabul.
Two days earlier, insurgents attacked the German Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing six people and wounding more than 100.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul regularly warns Americans against travel to Afghanistan, where a Taliban-led insurgency is in its 16th year.
The insurgency has become more virulent since most international combat troops withdrew in 2014.
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US Embassy in Afghanistan Closes after Attacks
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Posted 8 y ago
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It is good news that the US embassy in Afghanistan will be "closed for routine services" SP5 Mark Kuzinski. I trust that the embassy and other allied embassies are reviewing security lapses which allowed the terrorists to attack the German Consulate and Bagram Airfield.
The terrorist were able to get close enough to inflict significant damage in both cases which indicates they had knowledge of the facilities they attacked, security procedures in place and probably were able to either develop false security "papers" or had somebody complicit in the guard forces or both.
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The terrorist were able to get close enough to inflict significant damage in both cases which indicates they had knowledge of the facilities they attacked, security procedures in place and probably were able to either develop false security "papers" or had somebody complicit in the guard forces or both.
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It is best to close down the embassy to preserve life. The insurgents need a good lesson in manners.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
No it's not good to close things down - that's what they want - Get out and kick their ass!
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SSgt Robert Marx
SP5 Mark Kuzinski - The terrorists do need a good butt whipping, perhaps accomplished through a new troop surge.
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I tend to disagree with those I am normally in lock step with. Had the State Department done this in Benghazi, four Americans would be alive today. If adequate security could be provided, I could somewhat agree with staying to prove a point.
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