Taliban insurgents attacked the motorcade of Afghanistan’s First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Saturday, killing his bodyguard, TOLOnews reported.
Dostum was not hurt, according to his close aide, Kanishka Turkistani, who spoke to TOLOnews. Sources told the news channel two other bodyguards were injured.
The senior Afghan official was travelling from the northwestern province of Balkh to Jowzjan bordering Turkmenistan. His motorcade was attacked several times before.