{"id":3828,"date":"2014-09-16T06:36:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2014-09-16T06:36:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:36:54","slug":"kabul-blast-targets-us-led-forces-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/09\/16\/3828\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabul blast targets US-led forces convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/kabul_blast_01.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>An explosion targeting a convoy of US-led forces has hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving an unknown number of casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Tuesday blast, which took place near the main entrance to the heavily-fortified US embassy, badly wounded several people.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One vehicle from the convoy was thrown off the road and destroyed by the blast, which was also close to the Supreme Court and a military base.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was a car bomb &#8220;targeting a foreign forces convoy along the airport road,&#8221; said Farid Afzali, the chief of the city&#8217;s police investigation department.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was the first major attack in the capital for weeks. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility via a recognized Twitter account.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The explosion shook nearby buildings and set off siren alarms at the US embassy.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It took place as Afghan politicians are trying to end a stalemate over the result of June 14 presidential elections.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Afghan presidential contenders Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai have been at odds over a power-sharing deal, the polls having been engulfed in allegations of massive fraud. The political uncertainty has created a situation that could increase instability in the country<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <strong><em>PressTV<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosion targeting a convoy of US-led forces has hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving an unknown number of casualties.<\/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-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kabul blast targets US-led forces convoy - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/09\/16\/3828\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kabul blast targets US-led forces convoy - 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