KABUL, Sept 6: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said here on Friday Afghanistan was not slipping into chaos despite an attempt on his life in Kandahar and a huge car bomb blast in Kabul.

“These things are independent acts. They do not translate into violence all over the country,” Karzai told reporters in his first public appearance in the capital since the assassination attempt on Thursday.

Investigators in Afghanistan questioned a taxi driver on Friday as they hunted for the masterminds behind an assassination attempt and a separate car bomb which killed at least 16 people.

Afghan leaders blamed Thursday’s attacks, which stoked fears of a wave of violence to mark the first anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks in the United States, on Al Qaeda movement and its Taliban allies.—AFP/Reuters