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Afghanistan: Taliban jihadis bomb Kabul restaurant, tweet “#Hello2016‪#GoodTimesAhead”

Jan 2, 2016 11:27 am By Robert Spencer

Twelve years of American involvement in Afghanistan. So many lives lost. So much money wasted. And the Taliban is more assertive and aggressive than ever. A war without a point, or a focus, or a goal, or a terminus, or an enemy. A drain on our economy and morale, and all for absolutely nothing. A blot on recent American history.

Kabul restaurant bombing

“Taliban Militants Bomb Restaurant in Kabul,” by Jessica Donati and Habib Khan Totakhil, Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2016:

KABUL—Taliban militants bombed a French restaurant popular with foreigners in the Afghan capital on Friday evening, killing a child and wounding at least 15 other people.

The explosion was caused by a car bomb detonated outside the restaurant by a suicide bomber inside the vehicle, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said. A second suspect was arrested during a clearance operation conducted after the blast.

An official at a Kabul hospital run by the Italian nongovernment organization Emergency said a 10-year-old child died on the way to the facility and at least 15 other people were wounded and brought in for medical care.

Most patients were wounded by shrapnel, the hospital​official said, and had been near but not inside the restaurant at the time of the explosion.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had targeted the restaurant to mark the new year.

“Good omen for upcoming year as 2016 foundation stone set with spectacular fireworks #Hello2016‪#GoodTimesAhead,” a spokesman tweeted.

His comments raised concerns among Kabul’s expat community that foreigners would remain a focus of Taliban attacks….

No kidding, really?

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  1. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 11:37 am

    2016 “Total Confrontation” – Al Qaeda
    http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/6648-total-confrontation-2016-al-qaeda

  2. خَليفة says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Taliban? How many billions of $ did USA give to Pakistan to help support and hide Taliban? Wait, was that to fight terrorism or to pay blood-money to al Qaida and Taliban for killing bin laden?

  3. Don McKellar says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 11:49 am

    The only way to invade and truly defeat a moslem country is to:
    1) Invade and occupy with overwhelming force.
    2) Round up all Islamic clerics and imams and shoot them all.
    3) Burn or blow up every mosque.
    4) Confiscate and burn every copy of the Koran that you can find while you are shooting imams and burning mosques.
    5) Leave IMMEDIATELY after the last mosque is destroyed.

    • Havoc says

      Jan 2, 2016 at 11:55 am

      Sounds like a plan.

      • mortimer says

        Jan 2, 2016 at 12:25 pm

        No. Your ‘plan’ was condemned at Nuremburg.

        • mortimer says

          Jan 2, 2016 at 12:27 pm

          ‘Adolf’ McHEIL-ar needs to purify his heart.

        • Don McKellar says

          Jan 2, 2016 at 1:40 pm

          No innocents are killed intentionally in my plan. Only those who enslave them under the death cult of the moon god. If you must invade an Islamic country, then to succeed you must go after their guiding light of evil that leads them to their evil deeds and obliterate it as completely and quickly as possible. And then you leave immediately.

          Speaking of Nuremburg, did the allies leave “moderate” nazis in charge of Germany when they defeated it — or did they wipe out the whole evil lot and all their institutions? Answer the question.

        • Charli Main says

          Jan 2, 2016 at 1:58 pm

          Get your point, Mortimer but it took more than 80 million lost lives, including millions of women and children, and trillions of dollars to get to Nuremburg. Islam and its Muslims adherents won´t be defeated by ” having a friendly chat with the local Imam.

    • Angry Aussie says

      Jan 2, 2016 at 12:06 pm

      You would likely get the same results by withdrawing all Western troops and funding, sitting at home in front of the TV, tuned to Al Jazeera of course, and watch it all implode.

      Could plant a few Christmas trees and do a fly over and drop crosses, just to speed up the implosion.

      • Don McKellar says

        Jan 2, 2016 at 1:35 pm

        Russia and China have no problems replacing Western troops and funding.

    • GuntherL says

      Jan 2, 2016 at 1:12 pm

      How about not interfering? The US has committed tons of warcrimes against all kinds of countries (including Christian and Buddhist ones) and look at the results.

      • Don McKellar says

        Jan 2, 2016 at 1:32 pm

        You can’t sit back and not interfere when you had the original Afghanistan situation right after Sept 11th/2001. You had to go in. If my plan were followed, America would have been out of Afghanistan in short order with absolute minimal cost and and casualties and the population in Afghanistan so scared shitless, it would take decades for Islam to gain a tight grip on them again.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 2, 2016 at 8:38 pm

        Yes–defeating Fascism was such a terrible “war crime”–more revisionist history from those who hate the free West.

    • Budvarakbar says

      Jan 2, 2016 at 3:36 pm

      Perfect — I was afraid as I read the list that you would have left out #5

      Actually you did leave out a #6 — Send back all Muslims in the West — and you left out the application of steps #1-54 to the Americas and Europe!

    • Kurt says

      Jan 2, 2016 at 7:16 pm

      Don, you can’t just leave otherwise you’ll be repeating your 5 steps over again in a few years. WWII we occupied Germany, Italy, and Japan. We still occupy them to this day.

  4. خَليفة says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 12:07 pm

    And for those that don’t know about Afghanistan’s bacha bazi

    http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/29547/the-filthy-culture-of-bacha-bazi-in-afghanistan/

    There is also bacha posh (dressed like a boy) – but that’s another story.

    Both of these show just how backward and inhuman these people are.
    I agree with Don McKellar’s note above.
    Islamic countries are not able to reform themselves, the civilized world has to force civilization onto them or face its own extinction.

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    99% of Afghans want Sharia to be the law of the land and 67% of them believe that Sharia is equal to the Koran in authority. Only 1/3 of Afghans believe that Sharia was ‘developed’ by humans.

    Afghans with Egyptians are among the most intolerant and supremacist of all Muslims, believing strongly in the death penalty for apostates, stoning for adultery and corporal punishment for theft…even though they don’t consider bribes to be theft! No! Bribery and coercion were practiced by Mohammed, so they are not ‘theft’, even though they are theft.

    Afghans are among the most morally confused people on earth.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    This Taliban jihad suicide/homicide bomber had by his murderous actions by his killing some people and maiming of others had expose two very important things. First, he has shown the total falsehood of the claim of the apologists for Islam which Is that “Islam is a peaceful religion that respects all life.” For he and other militant jihadists like him have thoroughly disproved that claim by his own murdering behavior.Which ,of course ins inspired by the Koran, as seen in ,for example, 9:5,111,123. 47:4. Second, by his heinous and deadly action the Taliban member has also exposes just how very deluded he really was. For in the thinking of obtaining any kind of paradise ,with or without virgins, by his murderous actions was deluded and wrong thinking. For the Bible teaches that a murder “will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:21. Moreover,that this Taliban/jihadist must have really believed in the absurd story of a doctrine from the Koran, 44:54, 5:56. 78:31. of a sexual paradise with many virgins ,hours further shows just how delusional, as in deceived , he actually was. For the Bible does warned against believing in unfounded religious stories ,no mater how enticing those religious stories may be. As the Bible warns against listening to and heeding such stories .As in not giving “heed to fables…” First Timothy 1:4. In strong contrast to the deluded Islamic pipe-dream of the jihadist in the Koranic story/ doctrine of a place with virgins, Christians have the reality of Second Peter 1:16. Which reads “For we have not followed cunningly devises fables when we made known to you the power and coming of out Lord Jesus Christ…” [N.K.J.V..]

  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    What wicked and insane way of thinking this Taliban /jihadist had. For the matter any jihadist who engages in a suicide/homicide bombing. This mindset of wickedness and extreme irrational delusion is reflected in the Bible. Which teaches “Truly the hearts of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.” Ecclesiastes 9:3. Furthermore this Taliban member must have had been so very warped in his view of things that he actually thought of his violent and deadly actions as something that was “good.” Likewise, he must had believed that living a non-violent and peaceful life was something that was bad” or even ‘evil” To such a warped, sick and deluded way of thinking the Bible reads “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil….” Isaiah 5:20. [N.K.J.V.] The heinous effects and outcomes of Islam with all its violence and murder seems to have no limit

  8. Infidela says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    The only way that Afghanistan will ever get rid of the taliban will be if they get rid of Islam, but that will never happen.

  9. gravenimage says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    Afghanistan: Taliban jihadis bomb Kabul restaurant, tweet “#Hello2016‪#GoodTimesAhead”
    ……………………..

    Murdering a child enjoying a New Year meal with her family is exactly what pious Muslims consider a “good time”. *Ugh*.

  10. Matthieu Baudin says

    Jan 2, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    So long as Afghan Restaurants outside of Afghanistan aren’t targeted, the chattering classes of Europe and North America, will be able to continue to enjoy some of the finest and tastiest food in the world and congratulate themselves for their embracing of cultural ‘otherness’ and scorn the interference of outside nations in the affairs of Islamic peoples.

  11. (Dr.) Sandy Kramer says

    Jan 3, 2016 at 3:46 am

    In the Islamic civil war, please bear in mind that there is no “good guy/bad guy” dichotomy. Both Shia and Sunni Muslims are “bad guys”. It’s not zero sum and the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” does not apply. The most rational posture is “a pox on both your houses”, or as the Marines say: “Kill them all and let allah sort them out”. Semper fi !!!

  12. Jon says

    Jan 3, 2016 at 4:27 am

    And yet still we take in thousands of young, fit Afghan males as ‘refugees’ despite the costs and high death toll among our own young Western soldiers to make their country a better place. Something’s out of kilter here!

    • Cicero says

      Jan 3, 2016 at 5:03 pm

      Something is certainly out of kilter.
      The UK is busily wrlcoming these ” Child Refugees” who arrive with their back story impeccably drilled into them. They already have anetwork of other supporters who work as solicitors, Refugee Council, United Kingdom Borders Agency. These young and not so young men are placed with Muslim foster carers who are paid for by British tax payers money. The “refugees” are also given tax payers money in the form of weekly allowance, pocket money, EID money, holiday and birthday allowances. The are provided with clothing allowance to the amount of £160 per month as well.

      A Koran and prayer mat is purchased for their use and self esteem. They are vigorously encouraged by clueless African, Caribbean and Eastern European social workers to attend the local mosque .

      These young Muslim men openly laugh at the ignorant antics of the witless public sector staff who are busily engaged in reducing the mightyBritish state to an empty impoverished husk!

      • Cicero says

        Jan 3, 2016 at 5:11 pm

        And the numerous muslim foster carers can earn up to £60 k per year for looking after these young Muslim males ( based on three placements per foster carer)

        This leaves the Muslim foster carer with monies to purchase other properties or to enlarge their already spacious accommodtion. This income also leaves the Muslim foster carer with ample time to pray five times a day. Attend the mosque and other Islamic classes daily and tp peform Dawah on the ignorant and unsuspecting professionals with ehom they come into contact.

  13. Angemon says

    Jan 5, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    “Good omen for upcoming year as 2016 foundation stone set with spectacular fireworks #Hello2016‪#GoodTimesAhead,” a spokesman tweeted.

    He was then promptly put to the sword for celebrating a Christian holiday.

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