Afghan governor ‘plotted to kill UK ambassador’

US investigators however allege he ordered the May 2009 bombing that killed Lt
Col Mark Stratton and Senior Airman Ashton Goodman and told the newspaper “as
far as we are concerned, the case is still open”.

They believe Mr Abu Bakr invited the US commander of the local military base
overseeing development projects to a meeting after it cut contact with him
over corruption allegations.

Lt Col Stratton and Airman Goodman were by chance travelling that day on the
same road and were killed when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden
car into their convoy.

American officials believe the attack was an assassination attempt which
claimed the wrong victims.

They say they have wiretap evidence and witness statements supporting their
allegations against Mr Abu Bakr.

“We have very long memories,” one official told the newspaper.

Mr Abu Bakr was fired in 2010 and denies the allegations. His son-in-law,
Mohammed Iqbal Safi, an Afghan MP, told the newspaper rival government
officials were trying to frame his father-in-law, and had “poisoned the
Americans’ minds.”

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