Posted on Nov 13, 2016
U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan closes after attacks
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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 on the 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.
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 on the 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.
U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan closes after attacks
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Time to cut slingload and come home. When they want it as much as we want them to have it, call 1-900-No f*cks given. Our return won't come cheaply.
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this is not a goos sign... I hope no-one gets Hurt or killed because of the soft shoe approach The BHO Regime has taken with the Terrorists...
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