Suicide bombing in Afghanistan – Asia – International

The death toll in the suicide bombing near Kabul International Airport, minutes after the convoy of Afghan Vice President and former warlord, Abdul Rashid Dostum, left the region today has risen to 23 and the "The death toll has risen to 23 dead and 107 wounded, including members of the security forces and civilians," said Efe a source of information. press team of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health. , who asked for anonymity.

The source pointed out that the department was still trying to count how many victims are civilians and how many members of the security forces

The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, which according to the details was perpetrated by an insurgent who blew up the explosives that he wore, and badured that the goal of the same was the Afghan vice president and his followers. Dostum, who had been exiled to Turkey last year while he was under investigation for allegedly torturing his bodyguards against a political rival, had been received a few minutes before the attack at the international airport by dozens of supporters.

The trip Dostum's visit to Turkey came after weeks of speculation in the Afghan media about his possible escape after the Attorney General opened an investigation three months earlier against nine of his bodyguards for allegedly torturing him and raped a political rival.

Dostum is one of the most powerful Afghan warlords, reputed to be bloodthirsty and a history of constant change during the wars in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion (1979-1989). the fall of the Taliban regime with the US invasion in 2001.