Afghan minister expresses concern over security situation

KABUL, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan Minister for Energy and Water Mohammad Ismael Khan on Sunday expressed concern over security situation in the country as he escaped unhurt suicide attack.

Khan who survived life attempt in his home province Herat in west Afghanistan said that deteriorating security situation has negatively affected investment process in the country especially in the relatively peaceful Herat.

A suicide car bomb apparently targeted Khan this morning in Herat city claimed the lives of four people and injured 17 others, all of them civilians.

Khan also stressed that 60 militant groups are active in west Afghanistan undermining fragile security if the government does not take necessary steps.

Taliban insurgents who claimed responsibility of attack on Ismael Khan have speed up their attacks against government interest mostly in the shape of deadly suicide and roadside bombings.