Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 17
Trend:
Afghanistan’s First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum suffered a minor injury during the Taliban ambush in northern Faryab province of the country, Khaama Press reports.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah confirmed Oct. 17 that the health condition of the first vice president is satisfactory and he has suffered a minor injury in the attack, according to the report.
CEO Abdullah was speaking during a meeting of the Ministers Council ahead of his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Taliban militants ambushed Vice President Dostum, as he was accompanying a convoy of the security forces on the way to Ghormach district that fell to Taliban control last week.
This is not the first time General Dostum has come under attack by Taliban militants or has escaped assassination plot by the group.
The general first joined the Afghan security forces in the frontline in northern Faryab province earlier in August 2015, where he survived at least two assassination plots by the anti-government armed militant groups, while he was leading counter-terrorism operations.
Initially his convoy was ambushed by the Taliban militants in Qaisar district in mid-August 2015, while another plot to assassinate him was thwarted by the security forces and his special security guards few days later.