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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2016, 02:35 PM Oct 2016

Ashura festival attack kills Shia Muslims at Afghan mosque

Source: BBC

At least 14 people have been killed in an attack on a shrine in Kabul, as Shia Muslims prepared for a religious festival.

A crowd had gathered at the Karte Sakhi shrine in Afghanistan's capital to celebrate Ashura, a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

Eyewitnesses reported an explosion and gunfire in the area.

The shrine at Karte Sakhi is one of Kabul's largest.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37621502

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Ashura festival attack kills Shia Muslims at Afghan mosque (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2016 OP

Heartbreaking leftynyc Oct 2016 #1

Oh, it can be blamed on the US - anything can! maxsolomon Oct 2016 #4

Islam will never modernize or fit in society romanic Oct 2016 #2

How long has it been going on? maxsolomon Oct 2016 #3

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

1. Heartbreaking

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 02:55 PM

Oct 2016

but since it can't be blamed on the US or Israel, I doubt very much more than 5 people here will give a crap.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)

4. Oh, it can be blamed on the US - anything can!

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:29 PM

Oct 2016

Our strategy after 9/11 was really dumb. We should have assaulted Tora Bora ourselves, killed or captured all Al Qaeda we could, and got the fuck out. The Taliban would have let us if we'd allowed them to remain in power.

Bush was never willing to the heavy lifting of an occupation (massive troop:civilian ratios), and we weren't willing to brutally suppress the Pashtun population. With their ongoing ISI support and havens in Pakistan, we could not defeat the Taliban's guerilla war. The current government and army clearly cannot, either.

romanic

(2,841 posts)

2. Islam will never modernize or fit in society

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:59 PM

Oct 2016

If this barbaric shia vs sunni war continues on. Don't care if that's not progressive to say, it's just an honest observation.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)

3. How long has it been going on?

Reply to romanic (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:22 PM

Oct 2016

2016 - 680 = 1,336 years.

Ain't stopping anytime soon. Partitioning Afghanistan is probably the best solution for all non-Pashtun.

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