Fourteen dead in Kabul explosion

Fourteen people, including both civilians and military forces, were killed in an explosion near the Kabul International airport yesterday.

Fifty others were wounded in the blast.

Afghanistan’s first vice-president, a former Uzbek warlord, escaped unharmed as he returned home after living in Turkey for over a year.

Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said a suicide bomber carried out the attack shortly after the convoy of the country’s controversial first vice-president had left the airport.

General Abdul Rashid Dostum and his entourage were unharmed.

Dostum left Afghanistan in 2017 after the attorneygeneral’s office launched an investigation into allegations that his followers had tortured and sexually abused a former ally turned political rival.

It is not clear if he will now face charges.

The Islamic State group’s local affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack.