Summary: Sixty-five years ago today, Japan surrendered to the allied forces, ending World War II. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 15, 2009 Aubrey Immelman reported that five days before Afghanistan’s presidential election, a suicide car bomb exploded outside the main gate of NATO’s headquarters in Kabul, killing 7 and wounding 91 in the biggest attack in the Afghan capital in six months.