Afghan presidential election front-runner Abdullah Abdullah escaped an assassination attempt earlier today when an explosion hit his campaign motorcade in Kabul, just days ahead of a hotly-contested run-off election. “A few minutes ago, when we left a campaign rally our convoy was hit by a mine,” he told another election rally in quotes broadcast on Afghan television. He added that some of his guards were mildly wounded, while he was unhurt.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.”
