KABUL: A bomb struck the convoy of Afghanistan's education minister and parliamentarians on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, wounding a driver, a ministry spokesman said.Education Minister Mohamad Hanif Atmar was not hurt in the blast, which hit one of the last vehicles in a convoy that had just left an event to distribute books to nomad children, ministry spokesman said. A driver of one of the MPs was wounded, Elmi said, adding the minister continued his programme.Moreover, two Iranian nationals were kidnapped by Taliban in Herat. Unknown armed men kidnapped two Iranian businessmen in Afghanistan's western Herat province and police have yet to locate them, police spokesman in western region Abdul said."Riza Azimyan and Hasan Farsi were on their way between Herat and Islam Qala border town on Wednesday afternoon when unknown armed men took them away to unknown location," Ahmadi told Xinhua via telephone.Both the abducted people were businessmen and working for an Iranian road construction company building Torghundi highway in the province, he added. Afghan ministry of interior has said that the coalition forces in collaboration with Afghan troops killed 90 Taliban wihin last few days.
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