Female legislator survives bomb attack as 4 guards injured in N Afghanistan

KABUL, July 2 -- A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of sitting

female lawmaker Fauzia Kofi, injuring four policemen, in northeast Badakhshan

province Thursday but she escaped unhurt, an official said.

"It occurred at 11:00 a.m. (0630 GMT) when a roadside bomb hit the vehicle

of Ms. Kofi in Shahr-e-Buzarg district, injuring one police officer and three

constables, who were working for Kofi as security guards," provincial police

chief Aqa Noor Kintoz told Xinhua.

Meantime, Zabihullah Mujahid who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit in

talks with media via telephone from unknown location said that militants carried

out the attack killing six of her bodyguards.

Taliban fighters have vowed to speed up activities against interest of

government and international troops this year in Afghanistan.