Taliban kills 48 ahead of Afghan polls

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Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts yesterday, one at a campaign rally for the president and the other in Kabul with the insurgents warning of more violence ahead of elections.

The first attack saw a motorcyclist detonate a suicide bomb at a checkpoint leading to a rally where President Ashraf Ghani was addressing supporters in central Parwan province, just north of the capital, killing 26 and wounding 42.

Just over an hour later another blast also claimed by the Taliban rocked central Kabul near the US embassy. Authorities initially did not give casualty figures, but later said 22 people had been killed and a further 38 wounded.

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