This Makes You Wonder Why We Are Still In Afghanistan

No chance: Afghan security personel scour the mangled remains of the minibus in which Ms Ayris died for clues

'I'm Back In Afghanistan, I Wonder What Lies Before Me': The Tragic Last Tweet Of British Woman Killed By A Suicide Bomber In Kabul -- The Daily Mail

* Jeni Ayris, from Edinburgh, died alongside 11 fellow aviation workers when a female insurgent rammed a car laden with explosives into their minibus
* Born in South Africa, she lived in Edinburgh for 20 years and had British nationality
* Friends described her as a 'great cook who loved entertaining' and keen sailor who loved sailing on the Firth of Forth and the West Coast of Scotland
* She died with eight South Africans in blast which claimed 12 lives on Tuesday

A British woman killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul wrote a tragic last message on Twitter just weeks before she died, asking: ‘I am back in Afghanistan and wonder what lies before me this time.’

Jeni Ayris, from Edinburgh, died alongside 11 fellow aviation workers when a female insurgent rammed a car laden with explosives into their minibus as they drove to the airport on Tuesday.

Islamist group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was in retaliation for the controversial American film lampooning the Prophet Mohammad which has sparked turmoil across the Muslim world.

Ms Ayris, 47, who had been in Afghanistan for little more than a month, was due to return home to see her sister Patricia and friends in Scotland only this weekend.

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My Comment: Max Hastings sums up my feelings perfectly .... The cruel reality is that we've lost in Afghanistan. So why are we still sacrificing our young men?