Addressing supporters in person for the first time in over a year, First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Sunday afternoon that he had been in Turkey for medical treatment.

Dostum did not say anything about having been in exile, as widely reported, but emphasized that he had been under the care of doctors in Turkey.

The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that 14 people were killed and at least 60 wounded in Sunday's explosion outside the gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul city shortly after First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum’s convoy left the area.

Officials said the explosion happened close to the circle outside the airport’s entrance.