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KABUL – A suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded at the entrance to Kabul International airport on Sunday (July 22), officials said, as he said scores of home to Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile. 19659002] Senior government officials, political leaders and supporters were leaving the airport after greeting the powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and warlord when the explosion happened.
"This is the first time I have seen a suicide attack," one witness told AFP
"People were collecting human flesh with their hands," he said, shaking as he spoke. "What is going on in Afghanistan?"
Dostum, a spokesman of Bashir Ahmad Tayanj said.
Kabul Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said 14 people had were killed and 60 others wounded, adding that nine members of the security forces and traffic police were among the dead
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria the SITE intelligence monitoring group.
The suicide bomber was on foot, interior ministry spokesperson Najib said, adding that civilians, including a child, and security forces were among the casualties.
Dostum, who is linked to a catalog of human rights abuses in Afghanistan, where he has lived since May 2017.
His return, which has been the subject of muc h speculation, violent protests in several provinces across northern Afghanistan,
Thousands of Dostum 's Supporters have taken to the streets in recent weeks, shuttering elections and government offices and blocking sections of highways to demand the release of
Expectations of the return to the world of crime (19659002).
Expectations of the return to the world, with protesters vowing Sunday to continue demonstrating the leadership of the Uzbek ethnic minority. "We do not trust the government. "Ehsanullah Qowanch, a protest leader in Faryab province, told AFP
Qowanch also repeated calls for the release of Nezamuddin Qaisari – a district police chief and Dostum's provincial representative in
Another protest, Massoud Khan, said: "We have been on the streets for 20 days now. (19659002) 'KNOWN KILLER'
Observers say President Ashraf Ghani, an ethnic Pashtun, gave the green light to Dostum to come home to stabilize the north and [Uzbekistan]
Dostum left Afghanistan in May 2017 after he was accused of organizing the rape and torture of a political rival.
Ghani in 2009 described Dostum as a "known killer", yet he thing he was running in the 2014 presidential election, underlining the sometimes uncomfortable ethnic realities of Afghan
Presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said Saturday that Dostum had been "treated" and would resume his duties on his return.
Seven of Dostum 's bodyguards have been convicted of the sexual assault The imprisonment of Ahmad Ishchi, a trained governor of the northern province of Jowzjan, in 2016.
Dostum allegedly had Ishchi abducted in Jowzjan and then kept him hostage in his private compound for several days, where the captive was said to have been
Chakhansuri deflected questions about whether Dostum would be face to face, saying "the judiciary is an independent body, the government does not interfere in their decisions."
Dostum is one of several controversial figures Kabul has sought to reintegrate into mainstream politics since the US-led invasion in 2001.
Dostum, who aided the United States in the Taliban regime.
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