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| Afghan Blast Kills Five UAE Diplomats, Taliban Denies Involvement |
| 2017-01-12 |
| [NEWSWEEK] A kaboom in southern Afghanistan late Tuesday killed five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates and maimed its ambassador to the Central Asian country, the federation said on Wednesday. The kaboom targeted the guesthouse of the provincial governor Homayun Azizi, who was also maimed in the blast, during a visit by the UAE ambassador Juman Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi. The blast killed at least 11 people. The police chief of Kandahar, General Abdul Razeq told News Agency that Dare Not be Named that authorities believe an bomb was hidden inside a sofa at the guesthouse. He said that construction work at the site may have enabled the perpetrators to plant the device within an otherwise heavily guarded compound. The UAE said it would observe three days of mourning in reaction to the deadliest attack on its diplomatic staff in its young history. The federation of seven sheikdoms was founded in 1971. |
| Posted by:Fred |