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Terrorists training for more suicide attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul, June 12: Terrorists are in training to unleash more suicide attacks against foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said today, five days after a car bomb killed four German peacekeepers.
Kabul, June 12: Terrorists are in training to unleash more suicide attacks against foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said today, five days after a car bomb killed four German peacekeepers.
"Our reports... Indicate that there are efforts on the way to train some suicide bombers in order to be used in Afghanistan against foreign troops," Jalali told a press conference.
Early inquiries suggested the bomber in Saturday's suicide attack against German troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a foreigner from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, he added.
"We have indications, we have also reports that the person was not an afghan, that he belongs to al-Qaeda."
A taxi packed with between 100 and 500 kgs of explosives blew up alongside a bus carrying ISAF soldiers to the airport to fly home after their tour of duty.
Another 29 troops and an afghan passerby were wounded in what was the deadliest attack against the 18-month old peacekeeping force.
The Afghan and German governments have already blamed al-Qaeda. US-led forces toppled Afghanistan's former Taliban regime after it refused to surrender its "guest" bin Laden after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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Early inquiries suggested the bomber in Saturday's suicide attack against German troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a foreigner from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, he added.
"We have indications, we have also reports that the person was not an afghan, that he belongs to al-Qaeda."
A taxi packed with between 100 and 500 kgs of explosives blew up alongside a bus carrying ISAF soldiers to the airport to fly home after their tour of duty.
Another 29 troops and an afghan passerby were wounded in what was the deadliest attack against the 18-month old peacekeeping force.
The Afghan and German governments have already blamed al-Qaeda. US-led forces toppled Afghanistan's former Taliban regime after it refused to surrender its "guest" bin Laden after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Bureau Report