Funerals Cast Shadow Over Afghanistan’s Future Without U.S. Troops
An attack on a government compound heightens fears over how the country will fare once thousands of U.S. soldiers have left
Funerals were held across the Afghan capital on Tuesday for victims of a deadly attack on a government compound, an assault that cast a further pall over a city reeling with confusion and concern over the prospect of the withdrawal from the country of thousands of U.S. forces.
The attack by four suspected militants began Monday afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle containing explosives at the entrance to a compound that oversees the distribution of benefits to victims of Afghanistan’s wars. Three gunmen then...