DATE=8/29/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=AFGHAN BLAST / S-ONLY
NUMBER=2-253226
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The leader of Afghanistan's Taleban Islamic
movement is blaming an unnamed foreign country for a
bomb blast near his home in Kandahar, but says the
United States was not involved. As correspondent
Scott Anger reports, no one has claimed responsibility
for the bombing which shook the city late Tuesday
night.
TEXT: The Taleban's supreme leader -- Mullah Mohammed
Omar -- says there is evidence of a foreign hand in
the explosion of a truck bomb which killed 10 people
in the southern Afghan city, Kandahar. The
movement's leader has not indicated which countries he
suspects were behind the blast, but says the United
States had nothing to do with the explosion.
U-S officials earlier denied any involvement -- saying
it opposes all acts of terrorism regardless of the
target.
However, religious groups in neighboring Pakistan
quickly blamed the United States for the attack. The
groups have threatened to harm U-S citizens in the
region if the United States carries out another attack
on Afghanistan against suspected terrorist Osama bin
Laden.
Last August, the United States launched cruise missile
attacks on training camps in run by Mr. bin Laden, who
is living under the protection of the Taleban.
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29-Aug-1999 03:51 AM LOC (29-Aug-1999 0751 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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