Suicide truck bomber hits Afghan visitor home, killing 21

The dying toll in a robust suicide truck bombing that struck a visitor home in japanese Afghanistan rose to 21 with as many as 90 others wounded, officers stated Saturday.
No one instantly claimed duty for the late Friday evening bombing in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province.
There was no indication why the visitor home was focused. In Afghanistan, visitor homes are lodgings usually supplied free of charge by the federal government, normally for the poor, travellers and college students.
The Interior Ministry rapidly blamed the Taliban. There was no instant response from the Taliban.
The assault got here on the eve of the official date set for the beginning of the ultimate withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
The Taliban, who had demanded that each one US troops pull out of Afghanistan by May 1, haven’t provided any ensures for the security of the departing troops.
There was no indication the bombing was related to the pullout and there aren’t any US or NATO troops in Logar province.
Hasib Stanikzai, head of the Logar provincial council, stated that on the time of the assault, a bunch of native police have been staying on the visitor home, ready for transportation residence.
Other rooms have been occupied by college students from extra distant districts who had come to the provincial capital for college entrance exams.

Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian stated the assault was below investigation and that the roof of the guesthouse had collapsed within the bombing. There have been fears our bodies could possibly be trapped beneath the rubble, he stated.
After 20 years, Washington is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Starting on Saturday, the final remaining 2,500 to three,500 American troops will start leaving the nation, to be absolutely out by September 11 on the newest.
The pullout comes amid a resurgent Taliban, who management or maintain sway over half of Afghanistan.