Cheney in Kabul for talks with Karzai

Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 15:46 [IST]

KABUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, following a suicide attack on the US base where he stayed ovenight.

Up to 18 people, including at least one American soldier, died in the blast at Bagram airbase 60 km north of the capital while Cheney was waiting to leave for the talks.

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