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Blast heard near Kabul airport after VP Dostum arrives: AFP
KABUL, July 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Casualties were feared after a blast near
Kabul’s international airport on Sunday, shortly after Afghan Vice President
Abdul Rashid Dostum returned to the country after more than a year in exile.
An AFP reporter at the airport said the explosion happened as Dostum was
leaving the airport with a large crowd of government officials and
supporters.
BSS/AFP/RY/1905 hrs