Kabul Bus Bombing Evidence of Evolving Taliban Tactics

Kabul Bus Bombing Evidence of Evolving Taliban Tactics

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The bus bombing that killed at least 35 people Sunday in the deadliest attack in the capital since the fall of the Taliban may have been carefully planned with a timed device, says one of Afghanistan's leading conflict analysts, another possible sign insurgent tactics are evolving.

The Taliban claimed one of its suicide bombers was responsible for the thunderous early morning explosion that tore off the roof and sides of a bus carrying police recruits and blasted through two other transportation vehicles near Kabul police headquarters, scattering metal and body parts as far as 30 yards away.

But visual and anecdotal evidence suggest the attack was not the work of a suicide bomber as authorities first believed.

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