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Four killed in bid on Afghan Minister's life

KABUL April 8. At least four persons were today killed and 18 injured in an apparent assassination attempt on the Afghan Defence Minister, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, in the eastern city of Jalalabad, officials said.

The attack comes after some 260 people were arrested last week over an alleged bomb plot against the interim administration, with the Government claiming that explosive equipment was found during a series of raids. The victims of today's explosion, including a child, had gathered on the street near the centre of town to greet the Minister when the device went off in a roadside stall seconds before the arrival of his convoy.

"Four people, including a child were killed. Eighteen others were injured," the Minister's secretary said.

— AFP

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