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Afghan officials: Kabul bomb targets VP, kills 10 civilians
KABUL — A bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday targeted the convoy of the country’s first , who suffered minor injuries in the attack that killed 10 people and wounded at least 31, including several of the ’s bodyguards, the Interior Ministry said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing and the Taliban quickly denied they were behind the attack.
First Amrullah Saleh suffered minor burns in the blast. The bomb was hidden in a cart by the roadside and detonated as his convoy passed by.
Saleh, who is also Afghanistan’s former intelligence chief, said in his first television appearance immediately after the attack that he was fine and had sustained only slight burns. He appeared in the TV footage with bandages on one hand.
“Me and my younger son who was also with me are fine,” Saleh said. “I have slight burns on my face and hand from the wave of the blast. I don’t have exact details right now, but
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For the first time, Taliban and Government representatives met publicly on June 27 in Japan, signalling another round of parleys between the belligerents to find a negotiated end to the insurgency. Key members of the Government and the insurgent movement met during a conference on reconciliation and peace-building, independently organised by Doshisha University in Kyoto. President Hamid Karzai’s senior aide, Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, led the Government delegation and sat alongside Qari Din Mohammad Hanafi, who was Minister for Planning during the Taliban rule during Also present was Ghairat Baheer, son-in-law of Hizb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Baheer, an influential member of Hizb in his own right, was earlier detained by US forces.
The Afghan leaders did not talk directly with their counterparts. The Taliban representative’s mandate, according to the group’s spokesperson, was to give its konto of the war and its expectations for the confl
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