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| Afghanistan |
| Wave Of Arrests After Karzai Attack |
| 2002-09-07 |
| The Afghan authorities have arrested 17 people in the southern province of Kandahar in connection with Thursday's failed attempt on President Hamid Karzai's life. Among the detainees is a local security commander said to have been in contact with the would-be assassin, who was killed by Mr Karzai's guards during the attack. A man has also been arrested in Kabul where a car bomb - also on Thursday - killed at least 26 people and injured scores more. That was the guy who owned the car, who could very well be pure as the driven snow... The president has returned to Kabul where he insisted the attacks should be seen as isolated incidents. "These things are independent acts," he said. "They do not translate into violence all over the country." The president earlier told the BBC that he personally was used to living with danger. "I expect things like that to come across the way," he said. "I've been through it before." Once the Taliban had hung him, it was all gravy... The BBC's Kylie Morris reports from Kabul that the president is showing determination in the aftermath of the attack, proceeding with scheduled talks with visiting Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov. But Morris is probably lying, because the jihadis say he's probably dead... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |