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At least four dead in assassination attempt on Afghan defence minister
At least four people were killed and 18 injured in an apparent assassination bid on Afghan Defence Minister, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, amid fears of a bomb plot against the interim cabinet.
The attack in the eastern city of Jalalabad came after some 260 people were arrested last week over an alleged plot to sabotage the interim government.
The victims of the 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 50-strong convoy.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reported that a fifth person died later in hospital.
The convoy had been making its way from the city's airport to the palace when the device exploded in Talashi square in mid-morning.
09/04/2002 05:03:13 | ABC Radio Australia News
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