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Suicide attack on Afghan army bus kills 30
A suicide bomber killed 28 Afghan troops and two civilians on Saturday in an attack on an army bus in Kabul, the Afghan president said.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. A suicide bomber dressed in army uniform got on the bus carrying Afghan National Army personnel to work, the Defence Ministry said. The blast split the bus into two pieces and shattered shop windows in a central district of the capital. Police and soldiers piled bodies onto army vehicles. The explosion happened just after a group of Afghan National Army soldiers got onto the bus, said witness Mohammad Zaher. President Hamid Karzai condemned the blast, which he said killed 28 soldiers and two civilians. Taliban on Saturday released four Red Cross workers captured near the capital four days ago, officials said. The four were handed to an Afghan International Committee of the Red Cross worker in Wardak, a spokesman for the provincial government told AFP. Karzai on Saturday offered to meet with Taliban leader Mullah Omar and give militants a position in government. Strengthening a call for negotiations he has made with increasing frequency in recent weeks, Karzai said he was willing to meet with the reclusive leader Omar and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Posted by: Fred 2007-09-30 |
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