Bombing Towards A Sectarian War?
Moon of Alabama | December 6, 2011
A bomb went off in Kabul today during a Shia Ashura mourning gathering. Some 55 people wwre killed and over 160 were wounded (video, graphic pictures). This happened near the Abdul Fazl shrine in Murad Khani, Kabul’s old city, and right in front of the Ministry of Defense and the palace. That area should be secure.
Another bomb went off at a Shiite gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif that killed four and injured 16 others today. Another blast took place in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, wounding 6 people, though it is not yet known if that one is related.
One source said the Pakistani militant group Sepah-e-Sahaba (also called Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) claimed responsibility for the Kabul blast. The group is known for sectarian killings in Pakistan but has up to now not been active in Afghanistan.
Indeed during the last years sectarian killings like this have been quite rare in Afghanistan. The attacks today seem intentionally designed to incite sectarian violence.
After the attack mourners chanted anti-US and anti-Pakistan slogans. In Mazar-e-Sharif a scuffle between Shia and Sunni students at the Mazar University turned violent. Five people were injured before the police intervened.
In an email to the media, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujaheed strongly condemned the bombing of Shiites in Kabul and Mazar and called them an act of their enemies. He blamed the “invaders” for the bombing and claimed they were designed to foment insecurity to extend the foreign presence.
These incidents remind me of the bombing of the al-Askari mosque in Samara, Iraq, in 2006. That bombing, done by people in Iraqi Special Forces uniforms, ignited a brutal sectarian civil war. Then the officials blamed Al-Qaeda in Iraq for that atrocity but others claimed that the U.S. was behind it.
As always the question that needs to be asked is: “Cui bono?”
Into who’s plans does this fit and who might believe they would benefit from an additional sectarian aspect in war in Afghanistan? Whoever it is is playing with fire.
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