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Karzai’s Campaign Office Bombed in Panjshir

Written by Anisa Shahid

Sunday, 12 July 2009 17:40

A bomb blast near incumbent Karzai’s campaign office in Panjshir province damaged the building, an official said

A spokesman for Hamid Karzai’s campaign centre, Wahid Omar, said the blast occurred Saturday midnight in the Rukha district of the most secure Afghan province of Panjshir, 80km north of Kabul.

“No casualties were caused by the bomb that went off overnight,” provincial police chief Gen Abdul Saboor told Quqnoos.

The spokesman for President Karzai who is seeking a second term in office, dismissed any militant involvement in the incident, highlighting political motivations behind the bombing.

It was a sudden blast caused by an explosive device near the campaign building for President Karzai, Panjshir Police Chief further said, not providing the identification of anyone behind its detonation.

This is the first campaign office of an Afghan election candidate that has been damaged in an explosion so far.

Afghan presidential and provincial council elections are slated for August 20 this autumn, where 41 hopefuls, including President Karzai, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai are running for a victory.

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