World: General: Afghan attack near 9/11 anniversary shows Taliban weakness
- two Afghan citizens were killed in an attack on a coalition base on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary
- 25 Afghan citizens were wounded in the attack, which the Taliban took credit for
- 77 NATO forces were wounded; all of them were Americans, officials say source
- » “A high-profile attack”: That’s how U.S. coalition leader Gen. John R. Allen described the vehicle bomb attack that injured over 100 people. But Allen sees the silver lining from a logistical perspective: “They have been ejected from the population in so many places around the country that their only ability to influence the battlefield on many occasions is simply to go for a high-profile attack,” he explained, “And that’s how we view this particular attack.”