Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-10-17 12:20
The bomber struck the convoy of Gen. Sayed Ahmad Sadat at 8:30 a.m. as he was driving by on his way to work in Maimanah, capital of Faryab province, the local deputy governor Abdul Satar Barez said.
Barez said a bystander, a young boy roughly 3 years old, was killed while Sadat and four of his bodyguards were wounded.
Faryab is in a relatively peaceful area of Afghanistan, where a US-led coalition is battling the Taleban and affiliated insurgents.
Insurgents have been waging a campaign of assassinations against Afghan officials and others aligned with the government and the US-led coalition.
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