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Update: Just in time for Veterans Day, a bomber penetrated the Baghram air base, Afghanistan early Saturday morning and blew himself to bits taking four US personnel with him. Sixteen others were injured in the attack as they gathered for a "fun run" in celebration of Veterans Day. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack and told AP they were looking to do the most damage they could. The giant base has several layers of security including retinal scans.
{4.11.16} The war in Afghanistan is entering its sixteenth year,
but it earned only one passing mention by the two allowed candidates for President during their staged debates. The anniversary of 'Merica's longest war was marked by another ghastly killing in Kunduz, the site of US strafing of a charity hospital run by Doctors Without Boarders in October, 2015. This time thirty civilians were killed by US airstrikes, called in after heavy fighting erupted between Taliban and government forces on Thursday three miles from the city center. Two US personnel were also killed. Despite the Nobel laureate's promises, eight thousand US soldiers remain in the country.The chart below shows the increasing number of civilians killed in the fighting:
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