AFGHANISTAN REACTS TO OSAMA BIN LADEN DEATH

Afghan men working at a TV shop in Kabul hug while watching news of the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Greetings! Please Share & Subcribe.

In Afghanistan, the death of Osama bin Laden was a shock to both the government and people, who expressed relief as well as worries about the possibility of retaliatory violence and how this might affect the war in their country.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that bin Laden’s death should spur the U.S. to make more progress in Afghanistan.

The Washington Post’s Josh Partlow, who says the news was “on every television set” in Afghanistan, reports on reactions from the ground in Kabul:

WAPO