Afghanistan slams Pakistan over wave of bloody Kabul attacks

But in a volte-face Monday, Ghani slammed Pakistan for failing to rein in the Taliban as peace talks falter and insurgents step up attacks that are a test for beleaguered Afghan security forces.

 

“The last few days have shown that suicide bomber training camps and bomb-producing factories which are killing our people are as active as before in Pakistan,” Ghani told a news conference.

 

“We hoped for peace but we are receiving messages of war from Pakistan.”

 

In Monday’s attack a suicide car bomber tore through a crowd during the lunchtime rush at a checkpoint where passengers undergo the first round of body checks before entering the airport.

 

Smoke billowed from the scene of the explosion, which killed at least five people, with officials warning that the toll could rise further.

 

An AFP photographer saw pieces of charred flesh littered around the checkpoint.

 

Ambulances with wailing sirens rushed to the site and were seen removing bodies from the area, which was strewn with the twisted and mangled wreckage of burning vehicles.

 

The Taliban said two vehicles belonging to foreign coalition forces were the target.

 

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