KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday urged his country´s young people to defy the Taliban in honour of the two young children shot dead in a militant attack on a Kabul hotel.
Four teenage attackers gunned down nine people on Thursday evening at the city´s Serena hotel, including AFP journalist Sardar Ahmad, his wife and two of his three children. The attack on the supposedly safe venue, favoured by foreign visitors, was the latest violence ahead of the April 5 election when Afghans will choose a successor to Karzai in what will be the country´s first-ever democratic transfer of power.
Ahmad´s infant son remained in intensive care on Saturday being treated for bullet wounds to the head, chest and leg.In a speech marking the start of the school year Karzai urged Afghan students to honour the slain children by getting educated and leading the country forward.
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