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| Top Afghan law officer assaulted | Top Afghan law officer assaulted |
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| Afghanistan's most senior law officer says bodyguards of a top army general physically attacked him while travelling north of the capital, 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. |
| The general, Deen Mohammad Jurat, says he and his men were only acting in self-defence. | The general, Deen Mohammad Jurat, says he and his men were only 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. |
| The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says that the attorney-general's campaign against corruption has earned him many enemies. | The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says that the attorney-general's campaign against corruption has earned him many enemies. |
| Bodyguards are found all over Afghanistan | Bodyguards are found all over Afghanistan |
| Mr Sabet said the attack - in which he may have been the victim of a kidnap plot - was carried out as he was investigating the cause of a road block. He blamed it on bodyguards of Gen Deen Mohamad Jurat. | Mr Sabet said the attack - in which he may have been the victim of a kidnap plot - was carried out as he was investigating the cause of a road block. He blamed it on bodyguards of Gen Deen Mohamad Jurat. |
| But Gen Jurat says that it was his driver and body guards who were attacked first by the attorney-general's men, and it was they who opened fire first. | But Gen Jurat says that it was his driver and body guards who were attacked first by the attorney-general's men, and it was they who opened fire first. |
| The general, who holds a top position in the interior ministry, told the BBC that he was travelling with his family and just six bodyguards, when Mr Sabet stopped his car at a road block, and then slapped his driver's face. | The general, who holds a top position in the interior ministry, told the BBC that he was travelling with his family and just six bodyguards, when Mr Sabet stopped his car at a road block, and then slapped his driver's face. |
| The general said that it was Mr Sabet's 40 security staff who fired first before others broke up the fight. | The general said that it was Mr Sabet's 40 security staff who fired first before others broke up the fight. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 'Target list' | '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. | "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 | My vehicle had four bullets in it afterwards Abdul Jabar Sabet |
| "The road was blocked so I got out to check what it was. | "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. | "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. | "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. | "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. | "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." | "I have arrested people who (the general) wanted to be freed. He too was on my target list, this is why he attacked me." |
| Gen Jurat is now serving as a top interior ministry general providing security for some American companies. |