Meanwhile, Taliban insurgents killed dozens of security forces in various parts of the country, provincial officials said. Some of the young men were only children — and some were not even born — when Massoud died. The gunfire subsided and some of the gunmen dispersed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted part of the convoy in a central area of Kabul. Police reports showed that seven men in the convoy were killed and more than 20 were wounded, but officials said the toll could rise. Kabul, a city of 5 million, cannot get hijacked because of a few hundred people,” Mohseni wrote.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2018 13:03 UTC