Afghan parliament under attack in Kabul

[alp227]

Source: BBC

Multiple explosions have taken place around the Afghan parliament in the capital Kabul.

A security official told Reuters gunfire was also heard outside the building. Live television footage showed lawmakers being evacuated amid smoke.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33221051

[Cleita]

1. Sad. Some other shit our country, under the fake king Bush, caused to happen.eom

[Jester Messiah]

6. Give credit where it's due...

They were perfectly capable of killing each other long before we stepped in. The history of Afghanistan generally consists of long bouts of killing each other interrupted by shorter bouts of killing invaders.

[pogglethrope]

2. The United States should

never start a war, that's for sure.

As far as I'm concerned, we never should have entered World War I or World War II either. We would not have ended up speaking German or Japanese if we hadn't. That's just a stupid thing to say.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

5. If you say so - Germany was very close to a nuclear weapon when they fell.

They already had the ballistic missiles. I don't really want to think about it.

[Javaman]

7. no, actually they weren't.

they were still obsessing on heavy water. They certainly had the delivery system down, but the actual gadget was still a few years away.

Read the fantastic book, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. Yes, but if the US didn't enter, we may not have tried so hard to develop our own nuke.

And the Germans could have done it eventually. Am I still wrong?

[Javaman]

9. eventually is a long time.

heavy water wasn't feasible. And the physics behind it to make it work would have been a very steep curve.

You're not wrong but you aren't right either.

just read the book "the making of the atomic bomb" and you will get all the info you need.

[QED]

11. Excellent read

sometimes reads like a spy novel.

I've always wondered how hard Heisenberg was really working on the bomb.

[TexasTowelie]

3. Another report from the Dallas Morning News:

Thick smoke filled the inside of Afghanistan’s Parliament building after explosions and gunfire on Monday, sending lawmakers racing for the exits.

Afghan security forces are now battling militants in the parliamentary compound, Sediq Siddiqi, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said by phone. Most lawmakers were in a safe place underneath the parliament, broadcaster Tolonews reported.

No group has claimed responsibility for the assault so far. The incident occurred before an expected vote to confirm a nominee for defense minister.

The attack is the most brazen yet since Afghan forces took over security duties from the U.S. at the beginning of this year. The Taliban has intensified attacks to regain power the group lost when American troops invaded in 2001.

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150622-breaking-news-afghan-parliament-shrouded-in-smoke-after-blasts.ece .

[Marrah_G]

4. Attack is over

They were unsuccessful and no MPs were harmed.