Kabul — Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah escaped an assassination attempt on June 5 when two blasts hit his campaign motorcade in Kabul.
The first attack was a suicide car bomb on a convoy of Abdullah Abdullah and the second was a mine attack, according to Kabul police officials. Abdullah was unhurt, but at least six people were killed and 22 others wounded, according to the interior ministry.
The assassination attempt came ahead of the second-round presidential election on June 14, which Taliban insurgents have threatened to disrupt. — AFP