KABUL — Afghan intelligence agents on Sunday shot and killed a man in a
sport utility vehicle that officials said had been packed with
explosives, foiling what they described as an attempt to set off a
massive explosion in a neighborhood of narrow streets lined with foreign
embassies.
A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said the insurgents were
behind the three successful bombings. But he disavowed knowledge of the
attempt in Kabul, saying Taliban commanders in the city had no plans
for an attack on Sunday.
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At about the same time, Taliban
suicide attackers set off three separate car bombs in two provinces
near the capital. But the bombs did minimal damage, officials said, and
the toll from the Sunday violence was low. In addition to the two
attackers and the suspect, two security guards and a police officer were
also killed and five other people wounded, including one attacker who
managed to flee.
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