Afghan airport blast: VP Gen Dostum unhurt as Kabul bomb kills 11

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A suicide bomb blast has rocked Kabul airport shortly after Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from self-imposed exile.

The interior ministry said 11 people were killed in a square that Gen Dostum had just passed through. He was unhurt.

The ethnic Uzbek and former warlord was cheered by supporters on arrival.

He left for Turkey more than a year ago, accused of ordering his men to kidnap and rape a political rival, accusations he denies.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44917583

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Nightmare of a place, still.

[applegrove]

1. Vibes to the victims and their families.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Noise last week about

White House negotiating with the Taliban about the USA pulling out. False Flag?

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. A former warlord accused of organising rape could be a target of almost anyone

Hard to see who a 'false flag' would be meant to frame, with so many possibilities.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. A childhood friend

said Afghanistan would turn out the way it is today. And that was in 2004 when he retired from the Government.

[mopinko]

4. that dude is an animal. i dont doubt the charges for a minute.

my nephew served in afghanistan along side him. he doesnt talk much about his service, but boy did he have some dostum stories.