Blast heard near Kabul airport after exiled Dostum returns
KABUL, (DNA) – 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.
the explosion happened as Dostum was leaving the airport with a large crowd of government officials and supporters.
Dostum returns more than a year after fleeing the country during an investigation into the rape and torture of a political rival.
The powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former warlord, who is linked to a catalogue of human rights abuses in Afghanistan will be welcomed by high-ranking officials at a special ceremony, Afghan officials said.
“At 4:00 pm [1130 GMT] today General Dostum’s flight will land at Kabul international airport,” Jamal Nasir Farahmand, a spokesman for Dostum, told.
Thousands of Dostum’s supporters have taken to the streets in recent weeks, shuttering election and government offices and blocking sections of highways, demanding the release of a pro-government militia leader and calling for Dostum’s return.
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