Afghan airport blast: VP Gen Dostum unhurt as Kabul bomb kills 11
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
Nightmare of a place, still.
applegrove
(118,759 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)White House negotiating with the Taliban about the USA pulling out. False Flag?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,355 posts)Hard to see who a 'false flag' would be meant to frame, with so many possibilities.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)said Afghanistan would turn out the way it is today. And that was in 2004 when he retired from the Government.
mopinko
(70,197 posts)my nephew served in afghanistan along side him. he doesnt talk much about his service, but boy did he have some dostum stories.