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To: John Sladek who wrote (1620)	12/28/2003 2:58:20 PM
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28Dec03-Suicide bomber kills 5 in Kabul Sunday, December 28, 2003 Posted: 1604 GMT (12:04 AM HKT) KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suspected terrorist killed five Afghan security officials and himself when he denotated explosives moments after his arrest in Kabul, police said. The intelligence agents had seized the man near the capital's airport when the explosion ripped through the sports utility vehicle in which they were taking him away, Kabul police chief Baba Jan told The Associated Press. He said the man was a foreigner and that Afghan security forces had been pursuing him for some time, but refused to identify him further. "They had just arrested him with explosives," Jan told reporters near the scene. "This guy had more explosives on his body and when they took him inside the car, he blew himself up." The blast is just the latest in a series of violent incidents since the start of a historic constitutional convention in the capital two weeks ago. On Christmas Day, a bomb exploded outside the United Nations guest house in Kabul and destroyed a wall, but there were no casualties. There were five foreigners and an Afghan family staying at the house at the time. The location is close to the presidential palace and the headquarters for the International Security Assistance Force. Kabul is on a high security footing as it hosts a loya jirga, or grand assembly, which will decide future political structures for Afghanistan. The U.S. military has warned that Taliban insurgents and their allies wanted to disrupt the gathering, which is protected by hundreds of Afghan troops and international peacekeepers. At least 11 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan since March. The attacks are blamed on the Taliban. A French U.N. refugee agency worker was shot dead last month by a man on a motorbike who opened fire on her vehicle in Ghazni, 125 miles southwest of the capital. A Taliban spokesman later said its guerrillas were behind the attack. edition.cnn.com