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KABUL – The latest on developments in Afghanistan (all local times):
5:20 pm
An Afghan spokesman says that there has been a big explosion near the Kabul Airport shortly after the controversial first vice president landed on his return from abroad.
Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and members of his entourage were not injured in the explosion on Sunday, while his convoy had already left the airport.
Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish claims that the explosion took place outside the airport. Danish says that Dostum was probably the target of the attack
Nobody claimed responsibility for the blast immediately, but the Taliban and the Islamic State group are active in the Afghan capital.
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11:40
An Afghan spokesman claims that the first vice-president of the country, a former Uzbek warlord, returns home after more than a year of life in Turkey.
Haroon, Presidential Spokesman Chakhansuri says General Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday afternoon.
He says that Dostum had undergone medical treatment in Turkey, that he was now fine and that he would resume work.
Dostum left the country in controversial circumstances. 2017, after the Attorney General's office opened an investigation into allegations that his supporters had tortured and badually abused a former ally who became a political rival.
Dostum was reportedly prevented since by the Dostum government, accused of war crimes committed after the collapse of the Taliban in 2001, was criticized by the United States for committing human rights violations. man.
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