Aftermath of Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

Officials worked to clear the road, Monday, October 5, after a suicide attack targeting an Afghan provincial governor killed at least eight people and wounded 28 others.
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READ MORE: A car bomb attack on the convoy of the governor of Afghanistan’s Laghman province killed at least eight people, including four of the governor’s bodyguards. Governor Rahmatullah Yarmal survived but was wounded, along with at least 40 others.

Yarmal’s spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai, said several civilians were killed in the early Monday attack in the provincial center.

Separately, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived in Doha Monday where he will meet the Afghan team negotiating with the Taliban, according to Dawa Khan Meenapal, the deputy presidential spokesman.

After nearly three weeks of talks that started on September 12, the teams are still negotiating the ground rules for what are widely expected to be long, complicated and grueling discussions.

The Taliban want their agreement with the United States, which was signed in February, to serve as a pillar of future negotiations. That deal allowed for a comprehensive ceasefire between the two sides to be “announced along with the completion and agreement over the future political roadmap of Afghanistan.”
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Taliban should refrain from violence and focus on peace talks. Afghans deserve peace and the U.S. and Afghan government is doing its best to reach out to the Taliban