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B. Five people were killed during protests demanding the resignation of Afghanistan’s president and chief executive for failing to prevent the attack in Kabul, the nation’s capital and largest city with a metropolitan population of 3.7 million people. Another 19 people were killed the next day in the bombing at the funeral of a protester.
C. A van hit pedestrians on London Bridge Saturday night, and then three men got out of the vehicle and began stabbing people before being shot and killed by police. The London terror attack left at least seven people dead and 48 injured. Recent attacks in the other national capitals left more than 60 people dead. Manila police said the casino arson attack which left 37 people dead was committed by a gambling addict who also stole casino chips.
D. “Muslims suffered between 82 and 97 percent of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years,” the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center reported in 2011. Another study found a half to 60 percent of terrorist attacks took place in the Muslim-majority nations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A. After the 9/11/2001 attacks, the U.S. demanded Afghanistan’s Taliban government expel al-Qaeda terrorists turn over their leader Osama bin Laden, When the demand was refused, U.S. special forces helped Afghan rebels oust the Taliban government. The number of U.S.-led NATO troops peaked at 140,000 in 2011 before falling to about 10,000 now. The fight against Taliban still continues.