Pakistani terrorist group claimed the attack in Kabul

This is the first time a group outside Afghanistan claimed an attack there.

The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to Alami is against Shia Muslims and is related to the terrorist network Al Qaeda.

The Pakistani terrorist group Laskhar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami on Tuesday has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that has left over 60 dead Shiites during the celebration of the Muslim holiday of Ashura in Kabul, as reported by the U.S. television NBC. On Wednesday it was known that a victim is a U.S. citizen, as confirmed estodounidense embassy in Kabul, which has ruled that the deceased worked for the U.S. government.

A spokesman for the fundamentalist group has claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the delegation of the NBC in Pakistan. "It's the first time that anyone outside of Afghanistan claimed responsibility for an attack in this country, "said reporter NBC in Pakistan, Mushtaq Yusufzai.

According to the newspaper The Long War Journal , Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to Alami is a subsidiary of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a terrorist group against Shiite Muslims and the terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda and the Taliban settled in the tribal regions Pakistan.

A bicycle bomb leaves four dead in northern Afghanistan Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has an extensive network of militants in Pakistan and has carried out numerous attacks in the tribal regions, mainly in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber , where insurgent groups have a strong presence.

Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has most of its fighters located in the Tribal Territories Federal agencies, particularly in South Waziristan and Arakzai.

Kabul suicide bombing has claimed the lives of at least 60 people, including women and children , and left a s 160 injuries of varying degrees. The target was a Shiite shrine located in the heart of Kabul, where hundreds of people celebrated the Ashura. It was the deadliest bombing attack in the capital since 2008.

The festival of Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson , Hussein, in the battle of Karbala, in what is now part of Iraqi territory, in 680. The Afghan President Hamid Karzai , said Tuesday it is "the first time" by an act of terrorism "so horrible" during the Ashura celebrations in the country. The Afghan president, who is currently on a European tour to meet with top political leaders, has announced that it anticipates his return to Afghanistan to visit the families of the victims.

Bicycle bomb attack

In addition, at least four people have died -including an Afghan soldier, and 17 were injured because of a bicycle bomb exploded near the main mosque in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.

The explosion caused a fire in the mosque, where many Shiites and Sunnis were praying together. The city streets were crowded with people celebrating Ashura, but for now, no one knows for certain if the target of the attack were Shiite faithful.

Taliban dismiss ceasefire

Afghan Taliban dismiss ‘symbolic’ US troop announcement

The Taliban dismissed President Barack Obama’s announcement of US troop withdrawals from Afghanistan as “only as a symbolic step,” in a statement released Thursday.

The Taliban “consider this announcement, which currently withdraws 10,000 soldiers this year, only as a symbolic step which will never satisfy the war-weary international community or the American people,” it said.

The statement, emailed to media by Taliban spokesman Tariq Ghazniwal, also accused the United States of “repeatedly giving false hopes to its nation about ending this war and claiming baselessly about victory”.

The Taliban said the solution to the Afghan crisis “lies in the full withdrawal of all foreign troops immediately” and said that until that happened “our armed struggle will increase from day to day”.

It made no reference to contacts with the Americans. Afghan president Hamid Karzai announced last week talks were underway and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said US officials are involved in preliminary talks with the Taliban.

The militants accused Obama of having “no respect” for demands to end the war given US-Afghan government negotiations over a strategic partnership agreement which will forge a long-term relationship between the two.

Obama announced Wednesday that 10,000 US troops would leave Afghanistan this year and all 33,000 forces sent as part of a surge ordered in late 2009 would be home by next summer.

As he made the announcement, he said that “the tide of war is receding” and “the light of a secure peace can be seen in the distance.”

The Taliban are leading an insurgency against foreign troops in Afghanistan which started in 2001 when they were ousted from power by a US-led invasion.

Us to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Barack Obama orders the withdrawal of 33 000 troops from Afghanistan by 2012

The U.S. president announced in a speech to the country from the White House, that 10 thousand of the troops will leave the Asian country before the end of the year.

  

Afghan Taliban say U.S. military withdrawal does not alter their plans to combat

The U.S. president, Barack Obama , Wednesday announced the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, 10,000 of them before the end of this year and the remaining 23,000 by September 2012, just in time for November elections following when play re-election. "Of course, there are still big challenges ahead, this is the beginning not the end of our efforts" to end this war, the longest in U.S. history , Obama acknowledged an address to the nation delivered from the White House.  With this announcement, Obama kept his promise to order the withdrawal of two additional brigades in Afghanistan decided to deploy in 2009, when violence raged and the bombings in China. In Anyway, now ten years since the launch of the campaign in Afghanistan in the invaded country a few weeks after the attacks of 11 September 2001, will be deployed about 65 U.S. soldiers . White House officials asserted that the decision of this partial withdrawal was taken 18 months after Obama ordered climbing and after having achieved "substantial progress" in combating the Taliban and al Qaeda militants in Afghanistan. The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 just to prosecute the leaders of Al Qaeda, the Islamic militant group considered responsible for the attacks of September 11 of that year, and overthrow the Taliban government, which gave refuge to these radicals. Today, Obama said that U.S. troops are "serving" with the objectives taxes in 2009 when he decided to climb . At that time, the Pentagon proposed to "refocus on Al Qaeda" while withdrawing troops from Iraq and "reverse" the growth of the Taliban, who "had regrouped and were on the offensive, "he said. Obama included among the developments since the coup the military escalation command in early May in Pakistan over the life of Osama bin Laden , "the only known al-Qaeda leader," said President . 'We have Al Qaeda on the road to defeat, " Obama said, and "serious losses applied to the Taliban." The president also seemed to recognize many of the criticisms against him for keeping America at war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as the country continues to suffer the harsh consequences of the recent recession. "It is time that we focus on building our country," said the president. With an unemployment rate of 9.1% and an economic situation that does not end recover from the crisis, Obama needs to limit the weak points of his administration as they approach the 2012 elections, when Republicans sought to evict the White House. "In the last decade we spend a trillion dollars on wars, at a time increasing debt and economic hardship, "Obama admitted. "Now we must invest in the most precious resource of the United States: its people," he said.