(29 Sep 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of people beside the destroyed bus
2. Rescuers dragging away a body
3. Rescuers carrying away another body
4. Blood on the ground
5. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Arian (no last name given), witness:
"I was standing on this road when the bus was driving through. Suddenly there was a big explosion. We don't know if it was a suicide attack or if there was a bomb placed inside the bus but most of the casualties were national soldiers and Afghan police who were riding on the bus."
6. Wide of rescuers and security at the scene
7. Various of Afghan president Hamid Karzai arriving for the press conference
8. Wide of news conference
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"It was a terrible tragedy, no doubt an act of extreme cowardice on the part of whoever committed it, no doubt whoever did this was against people, against humanity, definitely against Islam. A man that calls himself Muslim would not blow up innocent people in the middle of Ramadan, an enemy of all of us, an enemy of Afghanistan, an enemy of humanity, something that we condemn in strongest possible terms."
10. Mid of journalists
11. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"I wish I knew that Mullah Omar is the leader of the Taliban and that he has an address and contact number so I can send someone to him and ask him, 'Esteemed Sir Mullah, what is the reason why you are destroying Afghanistan? What is the reason behind all these killings? Come on, stop it. If you are in the hands of foreigners, ask us we will help you'. The same way with Hekmatyar. I have their addresses, there is no need for them to come to me, I will go myself and get in touch with them and ask them: Why are you destroying this country?"
12. Wide of news conference
13. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"If a group of Taliban or a number of Taliban come to me and say, 'President, we want a department in this or in that ministry or we want a position as deputy minister ... and we don't want to fight anymore ... If there is a demand and a request like that to me, I will accept it because I want conflicts and fighting to end in Afghanistan."
14. Karzai leaving
15. Various, collecting body parts (non visible)
16. Close up of child crying
17. Police vehicles driving
18. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammad Aslam Hasas, Kabul police Chief:
"A man dressed in military uniform stopped the bus and when he got inside he blew himself up inside the bus. And unfortunately in this incident 29 were killed and 15 were wounded both military personnel and civilians."
19. Attack site, with troops, wreckage
20. Mid of crane loading wreckage onto truck
21. Wide of NATO troops
STORYLINE
A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan army uniform set off a huge explosion early Saturday while trying to board a military bus in the capital, killing 30 people and wounding 30, officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility.
The blast ripped off the roof of the bus and tore out its sides, leaving a charred hull of burnt metal. The bombing mirrored the country's deadliest ever suicide attack just a few months earlier, when a bomber boarded a police bus in June and killed 35.
"I was standing on this road when the bus was driving through," said a witness. "Suddenly there was a big explosion. Most of the casualties were national soldiers and Afghan police who were riding on the bus."
President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack at a news conference.
He also said the government was willing to negotiate with the Taliban in order to end the conflict.
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