{"id":1932,"date":"2017-01-10T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2017-01-10T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T18:48:30","slug":"kandahar-governor-and-uae-ambassador-injured-in-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"Kandahar governor and UAE ambassador injured in blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan: At least nine people were killed in an explosion in the governor\u2019s compound in Afghanistan\u2019s southern Kandahar province Tuesday during a visit by the UAE ambassador, Afghan officials reported.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE foreign ministry said envoy Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al Kaabi and other UAE diplomats were wounded in the \u201cterrorist attack.\u201d WAm\u00a0News agency said the blast left nine people dead and 16 others wounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The ministry] is following the heinous terrorist attack on the guesthouse of the Kandahar governor which resulted in the injury of his Excellency Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, UAE Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and a number of Emirati diplomats,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The UAE Ambassador\u2019s visit to Kandahar was on humanitarian mission within the programme of the UAE to support the brotherly Afghan people, lay the foundation stone for Dar Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as well as sign an agreement with Kardan University to offer scholarships at the expense of the UAE,&#8221; the Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Kandahar&#8217;s governor\u00a0was also\u00a0wounded by flames from the explosion, but many others were burned beyond recognition, provincial police chief Abdul Raziq said.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion came on the same day that at least 38 people were killed and 72 others injured in twin bomb attacks in a crowded area near Afghanistan\u2019s parliament in the capital city of Kabul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan: At least nine people were killed in an explosion in the governor\u2019s compound in Afghanistan\u2019s southern Kandahar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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