Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Oct. 26 : Gunmen failed to assassinate the Governor of Afghanistan''s Nangarhar Province, Gul Agha Sherzai, on Monday.

A former cabinet minister and former governor of Kandahar province, Sherzai was attacked by two gunmen armed with AK-47 machine guns and hand grenades at an information technology conference near the governor''s office in Jalalabad, said a provincial government spokesman.

One of the attackers was killed in the ensuing encounter with security men. The second attacker has been captured.