Official - Alleged al-Qaida bomber targeted Karzai, 'infidels'

Thursday, August 1, 2002

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A hapless would-be car bomber who was intercepted after a traffic accident in the heart of Kabul told interrogators he was assigned by al-Qaida to assassinate President Hamid Karzai or, failing that, to kill foreigners in the Afghan capital, an Afghan intelligence chief said Wednesday.

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