HERAT, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's former Minister of Water and Energy Mohammad Ismail Khan has escaped an apparent assassination attempt.
Ismail Khan was at the entrance to a mosque in the western city of Herat when a suicide bomber detonated explosives nearby.
The head of the provincial council in Herat, Dawood Qattali, told RFE/RL that Khan, who was attending Friday Prayers, was not injured.
The only casualty was the suicide bomber.
Khan, 67, is a former warlord who came to prominence during the 1979-89 Soviet war in Afghanistan.
He is a nominee for vice president, running on a ticket with Abdurrab Rasul Sayaf, one of 11 candidates in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election in April.
In 2009, Khan survived a suicide attack in Herat that killed four of his bodyguards.
Ismail Khan was at the entrance to a mosque in the western city of Herat when a suicide bomber detonated explosives nearby.
The head of the provincial council in Herat, Dawood Qattali, told RFE/RL that Khan, who was attending Friday Prayers, was not injured.
The only casualty was the suicide bomber.
Khan, 67, is a former warlord who came to prominence during the 1979-89 Soviet war in Afghanistan.
He is a nominee for vice president, running on a ticket with Abdurrab Rasul Sayaf, one of 11 candidates in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election in April.
In 2009, Khan survived a suicide attack in Herat that killed four of his bodyguards.
