Kabul go kaboom

On that other front in the GWOT, you know, Afghanistan, the Taliban demonstrated their ability to mount an offensive by attacking the Afghan Ministry of Justice. Twenty were reported dead and 57 injured in an attack ahead of the arrival of President Obama's special envoy to the region, Richard C. Holbrooke. It seems that at one point, the justice minister was locked in his office for his own protection. Apparently this strike was the same kind as the one carried out in October against the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture. Now that the Taliban has flexed its muscles, we'll see what happens when Holbrooke flexes his.