Suicide Bombings Point to Sectarian Violence in Afghanistan

Adam Martin 395 Views Dec 6, 2011

 

The Shiite-Sunni sectarian fighting that drove so much of the violence in post-war Iraq has largely been absent from Afghanistan, but suicide attacks that killed 58 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday point to a disturbing trend toward religious violence there.

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