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Dostum’s convoy attacked in Balkh, bodyguard killed

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok):Taliban militants attacked the convoy of First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in northern Balkh province late Saturday evening, killing one of his bodyguards and injuring two others, an official said.

Syed Shamsuddin Sadaat, a representative of the Junbish party in Balkh, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Dostum arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif this afternoon from neighboring Uzbekistan.

He said Taliban militants attacked Dostum's convoy en route to Jawzjan province in Timorak locality of Chaharbolak district of Balkh on Saturday evening . . .

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