No problem says Karzai after failed murder bid

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday insisted that the deadly car-bombing in Kabul and a bid to assassinate him the same day “do not indicate any problems”.

No problem says Karzai after failed murder bid

He said they were the acts of individual terrorists, not a threat to his government.

Afghan police and intelligence questioned suspects following the failed assassination in Kandahar and the car bombing in Kabul a few hours earlier that killed 26 people and wounded 150 the worst day of violence since the Taliban was driven from power. Fourteen people were arrested in Kandahar.

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