Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi. PHOTO: FILE
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' ambassador in Afghanistan has been injured in bomb attack at a guest house in the eastern city of Kandahar, the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"(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," the statement said.
Twin Taliban blasts near Afghan parliament kill 30, wound dozens
Afghan officials said the explosion killed at least seven people and wounded 18 others, including the ambassador.
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