Senior Afghan Police Official Attacked
A senior Afghan police official narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Friday but his two guards were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in southern Afghanistan. Niaz Mohammed, the chief of Danan district, said he came under attack on a road about 15 miles east of the southern city of Kandahar. “I am fine, but my two police guards were wounded, and they are in a stable condition,” he told The Associated Press. Full Story