Kabul: A
government minister has survived a bomb attack on his
motorcade in northern Afghanistan, the third attack on a high-profile official
in three days, said a government minister in Afghan cabinet.
The minister for higher education, Obaidullah Obaid was traveling Sunday
between Baghlan and Kunduz provinces when his car hit a roadside bomb, similar
to those used by the Taliban.
Obaid escaped unhurt, but two of his bodyguards were wounded in the blast.
On Saturday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception, killing a
top Afghan official and more than 20 other people in northern Samangan
province.
An explosion killed a female official of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs
Friday in eastern Afghanistan.