At least 10 killed and 16 wounded in Kabul blast that targeted convoy of Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh
A smoke plume rises following an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in Kabul on September 9, 2020.
Afghanistan's Vice President Amrullah Saleh has sustained minor injuries when his convoy was targeted in Kabul in an explosion that killed at least 10 people and wounded a dozen more, officials said. In a video posted on Facebook soon after the explosion, Saleh, with bandages on his left hand, said he had been travelling to his office when his convoy was attacked.
"I am fine but some of my guards have been wounded. My son, who was in the car with me, and I are both fine," Saleh said.Tariq Arian, Interior Ministry spokesperson said at least 10 dead bodies and 12 wounded people had been taken to Kabul hospital., who have pledged not to launch attacks in urban areas under a deal with the United States, denied responsibility."A shop that sold gas cylinders also caught fire, causing the cylinders to blow up," he said.
At least 20 people – most of them civilians – were killed and 50 others wounded when a suicide attacker and gunmen targeted Saleh's Kabul office at that time.
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