Deadly explosion near Afghan President Ghani's election rally in Parwan kills at least 24 people, while blast near Afghanistan's defence ministry in Kabul kills six others
At least 30 people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday as two explosions hit a presidential campaign rally in northern Parwan province and Kabul.A suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 31, officials said. The death toll was confirmed by the chief of a nearby hospital to which the victims were transferred.
The president's campaign spokesman, Hamed Aziz, says that Ghani was there but that he is safe and unharmed. Aziz said he would provide more details later.A blast in the centre of Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed at least six people on Tuesday, police officials said. Most presidential candidates suspended their campaigns while negotiations were taking place and as the US peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, said a deal was all but signed.
Ghani, who had been sidelined during much of the talks between Khalilzad and the Taliban, resumed campaigning immediately and had been steadfast in his demand that presidential polls should take place.
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