KABUL: The Vice-President of Afghanistan, General Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped in a bid on his life in Balkh Province.
Afghan officials said the attakers ambushed Gen Dostum's convoy on the way from Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province to Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan.
According to a spokesman of Rashid Dostum's Junbish-e-Milli Party, one of the bodyguards was also killed while two others were injured in the attack.
Taliban have claimed responsibility of the attack.
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