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The most senior law officer in Afghanistan has been beaten up while travelling in the north of Kabul. Afghanistan's most senior law officer says bodyguards of a top army general physically attacked him while travelling north of the capital, Kabul.
Attorney-General Abdul Jabar Sabet - one of President Hamid Karzai's closest aides - told the BBC that he needed hospital treatment after the attack.Attorney-General Abdul Jabar Sabet - one of President Hamid Karzai's closest aides - told the BBC that he needed hospital treatment after the attack.
He said that that the attack was carried out as he was investigating the cause of a road block. He blamed it on bodyguards of a top army general. The general, Gen Deen Mohamad Jurat, says his men were acting in self-defence.
Mr Sabet has a reputation for sacking officials suspected of corruption.Mr Sabet has a reputation for sacking officials suspected of corruption.
"I was in my vehicle, the road was blocked and when I got out of my car to check what was happening, the thugs attacked me," Mr Sabet told the BBC. The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says that the attorney-general's campaign against corruption has earned him many enemies.
"I didn't have my bodyguards on me, and they started firing at me. I got into my armoured vehicle and police returned fire on them." Mr Sabet said the attack was carried out as he was investigating the cause of a road block. He blamed it on bodyguards of a top army general.
Correspondents say that Mr Sabet's anti-corruption campaign has earned him many enemies. Mr Sabet said that the assault on him - in which rifle butts were used - was pre-planned and was carried out because the general was angered that some of his officials had been arrested on suspicion of corruption.
But Gen Deen Mohamad Jurat says that his driver and body guards who were attacked first by the attorney-general's men, and it was they who opened fire first.
'Target list'
"This morning I was leaving for Parwan province for a picnic along with the mayor of Kabul, the deputy governor of Parwan, and Members of Parliament," Mr Sabet told a press conference after the attack.
My vehicle had four bullets in it afterwards Abdul Jabar Sabet
"The road was blocked so I got out to check what it was.
"As I got out (the general) came and asked me what I was doing: I told him that I am trying to clear the road.
"I didn't have any bodyguards on me, so he started attacking me along with his bodyguards of around 40 armed men.
"It was a pre-planned plot. He sent his man to the place where (he knew) I was going.
"My vehicle had four bullets in it afterwards, while the vehicle belonging to the head of criminal police, Gen Ali Shah Paktiwals, had nine bullets in it.
"I have arrested people who (the general) wanted to be freed. He too was on my target list, this is why he attacked me."
He is now serving as a top interior ministry general providing security for some American companies.