'<br/>The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Afghanistan and several other Emirati diplomats has been injured in the bomb attack in the southeastern city of Kandahar which also killed at least seven people. <br/><br/>In a statement, the UAE foreign ministry said it was following the heinous terrorist attack on the guesthouse of the Kandahar governor which resulted in the injury of his Excellency Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, UAE ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and a number of Emirati diplomats. <br/><br/>The ministry here has set up a special operations room in conjunction with the UAE Armed Forces and the Afghan government to follow up the development of this terrorist attack. <br/><br/>The diplomats, who were in Kandahar on a humanitarian mission, were expected to open a number of UAE-backed projects as part of an aid programme to Afghanistan.<br/>
News On AIR | January 11, 2017 1:24 AM
Ambassador to Afghanistan injured in Kandahar bomb attack: UAE