In Afghanistan, six people died in a suicide bombing near Kabul international airport in the capital city’s worst bombing in six months. The Taliban has taken responsibility for the attack which killed a chief official in the Afghan intelligence service.

Lieberman & Kerry Attacks Dean on Foreign Policy
On the campaign front, Democratic presidential contenders Joe Lieberman and John Kerry charged Democratic frontrunner Howard Dean was too inexperienced in foreign policy making him unlikely to beat Bush in November. Lieberman told reporters in New Hampshire “We’re not going to convince the American people to replace George W. Bush with someone who’s taken repeated impulsive positions and then constantly had to explain what he said.” Dean, who was campaigning in Iowa, responded by saying “You can’t beat George Bush if you behave like the Democrats in Washington are behaving. If we’re going to win, we’re going to have to take the president on because his agenda is not the right agenda for America.”