(New York Times) Three Afghan Cities, and a Town in Germany

Tuesday was a very bad day in three cities in Afghanistan—Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazar-i-Sharif—with attacks on the country’s Shiite minority that killed dozens of people. Sixty-three died in Kabul alone, at what was meant to be a ceremony to mark the holiday of Ashura. A Times report on the violence noted that a Pakistani group had said that the bombing was its work, adding:...Continue Reading...