Fourteen dead in Kabul suicide blast as exiled Vice-President Dostum returns

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Fourteen people have died in a blast which rocked Kabul airport shortly after Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from self-imposed exile, according to Afghan Police.

Gen Dostum was unhurt in the attack on a square he had just passed through.

He left for Turkey more than a year ago, after he was accused of ordering his men to kidnap and rape a political rival – accusations he denies.

Militant group Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.