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Summary Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for discouraging growing trend of turban bombs.
He met members of the country’s clerical councils to get their assistance in persuading insurgents not to hide explosives in suicide bombers turbans or in other religious or cultural symbols.In the last five weeks, suicide bombers have killed the mayor of Kandahar and a senior cleric in the city with small amounts of explosives hidden in their turbans. In both cases, the bombers grabbed their victims before triggering the explosives.It is believed to be the first time turbans have been used in suicide attacks.A man’s turban has important religious and cultural significance and it is considered dishonourable to touch it.
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