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Attack on Westerners Helps Bridge a Divide in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan — His suicide vest packed with steel pellets the size of musket balls, the

Taliban bomber walked down the potholed street to the entrance of the Taverna du Liban.

Behind the thin steel door, in a small guardroom, three men huddled for warmth

from the cold Kabul winter.

They had no chance to respond before the explosion from the vest blew through the restaurant’s entrance. The gunmen who

followed the bomber stepped over the guards’ bodies and headed for the dining room.

At the same time, Shukraan, a dishwasher who goes by a single name, stumbled into the dining room, filled with the heavy smell of explosives. Someone shouted “Intehari, intehari.” Suicide

attack. Shukraan made a beeline for the staircase to the second floor, leaving behind a room full of diners bloodied by the shattered

glass. A few diners stood frozen. Others cowered beneath tables. None would make it

out alive.

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