KOHAT: Provincial minister Amjad Khan Afridi escaped unhurt Monday
when Taliban militants opened fire on his vehicle in the country’s
troubled northwest, officials said.
Amjad Khan Afridi, minister
for Housing and Physical Planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was travelling
in his bullet-proof car when militants hiding in the Bilitang area of
Kohat district opened fire, police said.
"Militants fired three
sniper shots from the nearby hills. One bullet hit the car’s windscreen.
The minister is safe," Mubarak Zeb, police chief in Kohat district told
newsmen. "The minister was the target. Militants were involved in this
attack," he added. Online
