{"id":3124,"date":"2013-11-17T07:19:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T07:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2013-11-17T07:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T07:19:27","slug":"afghanistan-attack-suicide-bombing-near-kabul-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2013\/11\/17\/3124\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan attack: Suicide bombing near Kabul compound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/kabul-afghanblast.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>At least 10 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The bomb went off near a compound where tribal elders are expected to gather next week to discuss a security pact with the US.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The Taliban have told the BBC they carried out the attack.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The security pact governs the status of US military personnel staying in Afghanistan beyond the withdrawal of most international forces in 2014.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">It will be discussed next week by Afghanistan&#8217;s Loya Jirga, the traditional council of elders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Immunity<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Those killed in Saturday&#8217;s attack include a police officer. Many of the other casualties appear to have been civilians.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Police say the attacker crashed a vehicle filled with explosives into an Afghan army vehicle when soldiers identified it as a threat and opened fire.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The blast occurred less than 100m from a large tent where more than 2,000 prominent Afghans will gather on Thursday to debate the security pact with the US.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The security agreement must be approved by the Loya Jirga and parliament before it can come into force.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Among other issues, the pact covers the key issue of whether US military personnel will enjoy immunity from prosecution in Afghanistan.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Hours before the blast, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said negotiators had completed a draft of the accord, the Associated Press news agency reports. But he added that there were &#8220;still some differences&#8221;.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The president also called on the Taliban to attend the Loya Jirga.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">&#8220;We invite them, please come to this national Jirga of Afghanistan, raise your voice, raise your objection.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Between 5,000 and 10,000 US military personnel are due to remain in the country beyond the end of 2014, when most of the Nato-led international force is due to have left Afghanistan.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">The US is expected to focus on training and mentoring Afghan security forces as well as combating al-Qaeda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Source:<em><strong> BBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 10 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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