11 suicide vests found at Afghan military HQ

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Story written by CBS News producer Randall Joyce, with reporting from CBS News Kabul bureau chief Fazul Rahim.

Updated 2:00 PM ET

 

 

(CBS News) KABUL - A major terrorist plot targeting Afghan soldiers was uncovered Monday at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Kabul, an official at the Ministry has confirmed to CBS News.

 

The official, who asked not to be identified because the Afghan government yet to acknowledge the plot, revealed that 11 suicide vests were found in three rooms in the area surrounding a parking lot at the Ministry.

 

The investigation is still in its early stages but it is known that 11 buses were scheduled to leave the parking lot carrying Afghan army personnel. The working theory among investigators so far is that a bomber was meant to get on each of those buses and stage a spectacular simultaneous attack.

 

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80% of Afghan "police" can not read. As bad as thing were in Iraq, the illiteracy level is something worth note. Many of us will be cognizant of Iraqi professors teaching; e.g. calculus.

 

If the United States of America military leaves Afghanistan I believe that things will become bad; the situation will become much worse than Somalia.

 

It is my belief that the current situation in Afghanistan is far worse than Vietnam ever was (and that says a lot without the help of Walter Cronkite).