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Parliamentary Candidate Survived Attack
 [Tolo News] A parliamentary election aspirant, Mowlana Abdul Rahman Hakimi, on Thursday survived a grenade assault in southern Ghazni province, provincial official sayConfirming the incident, deputy provincial government, Mohammad Kazim Ali Yar told TOLOnews reporter that Mowlana Abdul Rahman Hakimi with one of his guards and one civilian were maimed after a gunman riding a cycle of violence threw a grenade at them. Mr Hakimi and the other maimed ones were immediately taken to a nearby local hospital. No groups, including the Taliban have grabbed credit for the attack. Previously, a number of candidates for the Afghan parliamentary polling had also been targeted by hard boyz in different parts of the country. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) reported that three candidates and up to thirteen campaign workers or supporters were killed and maimed by hard boyz in the country. In the latest incident, a candidate was targeted on Tuesday in northern Faryab province and consequently one of his guards was hurt in the attack. The Afghan parliamentary poll is to be held in September 18 and Afghan security forces acknowledged that efforts are on the ground to ensure security in the upcoming poll. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-04 |
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