Azimi

He claimed two bombers took part, but Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said only one was involved in the attack at the Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital.

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Azimi said bin Laden's hideout would have been known not only to a "strong" intelligence agency such as Pakistan's ISI but even to a "very weak government with a weak intelligence service".

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Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense, said no Afghan National Army soldiers are at the base.

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He claimed two bombers took part, but Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammed Zaher Azimi spokesman said only one attacker was involved and only one blast was heard at the Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital.

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In the capital on Saturday, a suicide bomber fired a weapon at a busload of Afghan army officers and soldiers and then blew himself up near the vehicle, according to Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi.

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"Our commandos are doing independent operations, but our infantry battalions still depend on coalition forces," especially for artillery and air support, says Gen. Zaher Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.

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Azimi said a man on foot wearing a vest packed full of explosives blew himself up at about 7:30 a.m. local time Saturday at the entrance to the base west of Jalalabad, which is shared by Afghan and coalition forces.

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Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi declined comment Saturday, saying the joint investigation by the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and the Afghan government was still under way.

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"The attacker had the Afghan security force uniform on and that gave him the opportunity to reach the entrance to the base and carry out the attack," Azimi said.

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Azimi said all the dead and wounded were civilians and university students.

Suicide bomber kills 6 at Kabul military hospital 2011