WRAP Aftermath, US and ISAF troops, Abdullah comment, hospital, night security
(8 Sep 2002) 1. Wide shot of police and wreckage at blast site, overturned car in background 2. Overturned car amid wreckage 3. Yellow car badly damaged by blast 4. Men beside fire engine pouring water near burned out yellow car 5. Clothing and shoes on ground 6. Blood stain on road 7. Injured man (without shirt) being helped away from the scene 8. Close shot police van driving, pull out to mid shot, pan to ambulance driving through barrier, pan as ambulance drives to scene 9. US Special Forces vehicle (grey van) drives through crowd to blast site 10. US Special forces soldier (in civilian clothes) beside van 11. Long shot armed US special forces soldier wearing bullet-proof vest, sunglasses, and ear-piece 12. Mid shot man showing blood on his shirt to journalists, walks off, shot tracks to injured man 13. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Hazir, injured man: "There was a small explosion first and people ran to see what had happened and then there was a really big one. I think the bomb was inside a Toyota Corolla taxi and the next thing I saw was lots of dead and wounded people on the ground." 14. Dutch ambulance vehicle 15. Various shots of Dutch soldiers, with mounted machine gun in vehicle 16. Armoured car with soldier in turret 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Omar Samad, Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman: "It's tragic because obviously it took the lives of innocent people, including some members of the security forces of Afghanistan, and it's a very cowardly act actually, which is targeting peace and stability in this country, but this government and our international partners including ISAF have, as most of you have witnessed in the past few days, taken as many precautions as possible to prevent any security lapses." 18. Injured being wheeled in stretchers into the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital 19. Injured in hospital room 20. Injured boy with bloody clothes on stretcher 21. Various shots of injured (Night Shots) 22. Wide shot Afghan security forces on streets 23. Security forces waving car on 24. Cars queuing up 25. Man closing his car boot after inspection 26. Wide shot security forces and cars STORYLINE: A powerful car bomb rocked a busy market area in the center of the Afghan capital Thursday, in the bloodiest attack here since the fall of the Taliban. A UN security official said 22 people were dead. Emergency vehicles and armoured personnel carriers from the international peacekeeping force rushed to the scene in a crowded market area near the Ministry of Information. Witnesses said a smaller explosion had drawn crowds to the area when the car bomb, reportedly placed inside a taxi, exploded in front of a building containing shops selling televisions and satellite dishes - all forbidden during hardline Taliban rule. The second floor of the building housed a small hotel. "This bomb was inside a taxi," said police spokesman Dul Aqa. "It was a very, very strong explosion. We can't say exactly who was behind it but we know the last bombs were al-Qaida and (former Prime Minister) Gulbuddin (Hekmatyar)." Rebel Afghan warlord Hekmatyar this week call for a jihad, or holy war, this week to drive foreign troops, including international peacekeepers, from Afghanistan. The blast occurred in one of the most congested areas of the city on a day when many residents do their shopping before Friday's Muslim prayer day. Thirty-four people were taken to Jamhuriat Hospital, which lacked facilities to handle broken bones and other serious injuries. They were transferred to the Italian Emergency Hospital and the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital, doctors said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
