Where is there a Safe Place?

"Bicycle Rigged as Bomb Kills 7 In Afghan Provincial Capital" is an article that was written for the New York Times on Wednesday the 3rd. What looked like a bicycle in a bazaar, turned out to be a bomb that killed seven and wounded fourteen in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Many of the civilians told the press that they were in the city because they had fled their homes in Majra, because of the fighting taking place there. The Taliban eve advised the evacuation of Majra about a week ago. The local people don't even know why there if fighting, and why there are bombs going off; they believe that whoever is fighting should be doing it amongst themselves. I completely agree with this. Are the sole purpose of the many I.E.D.s to kill civilians, and why? It makes me so sad to think that people can't even attend a bazaar without fear of being blown up. Why does this mess have to involve the civilians, who want no part of it?