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KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturdayin a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people,police said. The bomber walked up to a checkpoint in Ali Sher district along thePakistan border in Khost province and detonated hisexplosives-rigged vest, said provincial police chief Gen. SardarMohammad Zazia. The policemen were searching motorists' vehicles atthe time of the explosion, he said. "The aim of the attacker was to attack both police and civilians,"he said. "Unfortunately, the majority of the victims are civilian." In a statement, the governor's office in Khost province said 13people died in the blast -- 10 civilians, two Afghan policemen andone Afghan border police officer. Six other people were wounded,including two border policemen, the governor's office said. Heads of state were gathering for a NATO summit in Chicago todiscuss the security needs of Afghanistan after most foreign troopsleave or move to support roles by the end of 2014. In the past two years, tens of thousands of U.S.-led coalitiontroops have flooded Taliban strongholds in the south, and havelargely succeeded in boosting security there. But the Taliban haveproven resilient, opening up new fronts in the north and west andstepping up attacks in the east. The Afghan government and U.S. have had informal discussions withmembers of the Taliban interested in talking peace, but none of thediscussions have reached the stage of formal peace talks. The lastsubstantive discussions between U.S. officials and Talibanrepresentatives were in January. Earlier this month, militants assassinated Arsala Rahmani, a topmember of the Afghan government-appointed peace council, dealinganother setback to the fragile peace effort. The Taliban deniedresponsibility for the killing. In September, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of thepeace council, was killed at his home in Kabul by a suicide bomberwho claimed to be peace emissary from the Taliban. Afghan President Hamid Karzai was asked Saturday in Chicago aheadof the NATO summit whether he still had hope that his governmentcould reconcile with the Taliban. "Those Taliban who are not against Afghans, we welcome them," hetold German television stations ZDF and RTL, according to astatement released by his office in Kabul. "Those Taliban who arecommitting crimes -- like burning our schools, setting bombs,killing children and innocent people -- they should stand in frontof the Afghan people and ask for forgiveness and then join with thepeace and reconciliation process.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Healthy Slim Coffee , China Natural Slimming Pills for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Herbal Slimming Pills.
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