Policy Research Group   - Strategic Insight: Afghan minister escapes Taliban attack

Afghan minister escapes Taliban attack
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editor on 29 September, 2009 11:18:00
 
KABUL – A suicide car bomb explosion targeting Afghanistan's energy minister
killed four civilians Sunday.
The Minister Ismail Khan was going to the airport in a convoy iwhen a suicide
car bomb exploded outside a high school. He heescaped but four civilians died
and four of Khan's bodyguards were injured.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility and said the
explosion targeted Khan, who was oncegovernor of Hera, a western province
bordering Iran.
Taliban has stepped up assassination attempts against Afghan officialsthis year,
with more than 100 officials and pro-government tribal elders attacked — half
of them fatally.