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Afghan girl in bomb plot calls on Hamid Karzai for help

Afghanistan: An Afghan girl who says her brother sought to use her as a suicide bomber asked President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to find her a new home.In an interview with The Associated Press, the

India TV News Desk Updated on: January 08, 2014 23:51 IST


Police say they believe the girl's account, in which her brother asked the girl to wear a suicide vest and approach a police checkpoint to ask for a ride to a neighboring province.

The girl backed out of the plan at the last minute and her brother, identified as Zahir, fled with the vest, police said.

Karzai condemned the Taliban over the incident, but the group denied any involvement in the alleged plot.

Human rights groups say the insurgent group occasionally has dispatched children for suicide bombings, but girls have been rarely used for such attacks.

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