Parliamentary Candidate Survived Attack

A parliamentary election aspirant, Mowlana Abdul Rahman Hakimi, on Thursday survived a grenade assault in southern Ghazni province, provincial official say

Confirming 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 wounded after a gunman riding a motorbike threw a grenade at them.

Mr Hakimi and the other wounded ones were immediately taken to a nearby local hospital.

No groups, including the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.

Previously, a number of candidates for the Afghan parliamentary polling had also been targeted by insurgents 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 wounded by insurgents 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.