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Tuesday 6 augusT 2019

Afghan official: Policeman opens fire on colleagues, kills 7

By RAHIM FAIEZ lamabad for another round
Associated Press of talks, Khalilzad travelled
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) last week to the Gulf Arab
— An Afghan policeman state of Qatar, where the
in the southern province of Taliban maintain a political
Kandahar opened fire on office, to talk to the insur-
his colleagues, killing seven gents. The Taliban refuse to
other policemen before negotiate directly with the
fleeing the scene, a provin- government in Kabul, con-
cial official said Monday. sidering it a U.S. puppet.
The Taliban claimed the at- Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban
tack, saying the policeman spokesman at the Doha
had joined their ranks. office, tweeted on Sunday
The deadly shooting is the that the Taliban and Khalil-
latest case of so-called “in- zad “started talks today
sider attacks” when an Af- and the process may con-
ghan policeman or soldier tinue for few days.”
— or a Taliban insurgent “If the agreement is final-
wearing a police or military ized, then all foreign troops
uniform — turns his weapon will quit Afghanistan in a
on Afghan forces or inter- specified timeframe that
national troops. will pave the way for di-
Last week, two American alogue with all Afghan
soldiers were shot and killed In this July 28, 2019 file photo, Afghan security personnel secure the site of a deadly attack in sides,” he added.
by an Afghan soldier in the Kabul, Afghanistan. In another development
same Kandahar district. The Associated Press Monday in Afghanistan,
attacker, who was wound- U.S. Defense Department Aneeq, the provincial gov- The Taliban now effectively the Islamic State group
ed and taken into custody, said 20-year-old Pfc. Bran- ernor’s spokesman. control half the country and claimed responsibility for
was dubbed a “hero” by don Jay Kreischer of Stryker, A motorcycle rigged with stage near-daily attacks, an explosion involving a
the Taliban, though the in- Ohio, and 24-year-old Spc. explosives killed at least mainly targeting Afghan bus carrying media workers
surgents did not claim the Michael Isaiah Nance of four people and wounded security forces and gov- in the capital, Kabul, the
assault. Chicago died “as a result 25 Monday near a market ernment officials or those previous day.
The latest attack in Kanda- of wounds sustained in a in the western city of Herat, they see as siding with the The bus driver and a pedes-
har took place Sunday, and combat related incident” said Farzad Farotan, the government. Many civilians trian were killed, while two
the attacker fled the scene, in southern Afghanistan. spokesman for Herat prov- caught in the crossfire are employees of the Khurshid
said Jamal Naser Barekzai, Both soldiers were as- ince’s police chief. also killed. TV station and another pe-
a provincial spokesman. signed to the Army’s 82nd Earlier, a female police of- Since late last year, the in- destrian were wounded,
He added that an investi- Airborne Division, based in ficer was shot dead while surgents have been meet- according to Nasrat Ra-
gation is underway. Taliban Fort Bragg, North Carolina. traveling through the north- ing with U.S. envoy Zalmay himi, the Interior Ministry’s
spokesman Qari Yusouf Ah- The Taliban also claimed ern Balkh province, said Khalilzad for talks on finding spokesman. Afghan Presi-
madi claimed the attack an attack on a checkpoint Adil Shah Adil, the provin- a peaceful resolution to the dent Ashraf Ghani con-
and said the policeman Sunday that killed 11 secu- cial police chief’s spokes- nearly 18-year war, Ameri- demned the attack via
had joined their ranks. rity forces in northern Jaw- man. The Taliban did not ca’s longest conflict. Twitter and said targeting
In last week’s attack, the zjan province, said Faridon comment on the incident. After visiting Kabul and Is- the media is a war crime.q

Car bomb collides with vehicles in Egypt capital, killing 20

By SAMY MAGDY where. The ministry did not and in two cases tourists
Associated Press say what the intended tar- near the Pyramids. Car
CAIRO (AP) — A car get was. The car had been bombs, however, have
packed with explosives be- stolen months earlier in the been far rarer in the capi-
ing driven to carry out an Nile Delta, it said. tal. For years, Egypt has
attack collided with other President Abdel-Fattah el- battled Islamic militants,
vehicles and exploded Sissi called it a “terrorist in- led by an IS affiliate, in the
in central Cairo, killing at cident” in a tweet, express- Sinai Peninsula. That insur-
least 20 people, the Inte- ing condolences for the gency has at times spilled
rior Ministry said Monday, dead and vowed to “face over into other parts of the
the deadliest attack in the and root out terrorism.” country. Militant attacks
Egyptian capital in over The attack is the deadli- increased after el-Sissi, as
two years. est in Cairo since a bomb- defence minister, led the
The blast went off Sunday ing at a chapel adjacent military’s 2013 ouster of
night on the busy Corniche to Egypt’s main Coptic then-President Moham-
boulevard along the Nile Christian cathedral killed med Morsi, a Brotherhood
River, setting other cars on People survey the aftermath of a fiery car crash outside the 30 people during Sunday leader, after massive pro-
fire and injuring at least 47. National Cancer Institute in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Mass in December 2016. tests against his rule. Since
It damaged Egypt’s main Associated Press That attack was claimed then, the government has
cancer hospital nearby, the explosion was caused It accused a militant group by Egypt’s affiliate of the waged a major crackdown
shattering parts of the fa- by a multi-vehicle acci- known as Hasm, which has Islamic State group. on the Brotherhood, ban-
cade and some rooms in- dent. But later Monday, the links to the outlawed Mus- Smaller bombings, usually ning it and declaring it a
side, forcing the evacua- Interior Ministry acknowl- lim Brotherhood, saying by roadside devices, have terrorist organization. Morsi
tion of dozens of patients. edged that a car bomb it was moving the car to taken place more often, collapsed and died in a
Authorities had initially said was involved. carry out an attack else- targeting security forces Cairo courtroom in June. q