Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has escaped death for the second time since returning from exile last year [Omar Sobhani/Reuters]
RFE: Afghan Vice President Dostum Survives Convoy Ambush
Afghanistan's controversial Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has escaped unhurt from a suspected Taliban attack that killed one of his bodyguards, police said.
A regional police spokesman said attackers ambushed Dostum's convoy on March 30 on the way from Mazar-e Sharif, a city in Balkh Province, to Jawzjan Province in northern Afghanistan.
Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor of Balkh, said on March 31 that Taliban militants attacked the convoy at two points, in the Char Bolak and then Faiz Abad district.
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WNU Editor: This is the second assassination attempt against him in the past year. In this attempt the Taliban suffered losses .... Taliban commander among 11 killed, wounded during a clash with Afghan Vice President’s guards (Khaama Press).
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