June 06, 2014 04:14 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:56 pm IST - Kabul
An Afghan security official secures the site of a suicide attack against presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul on Friday.
A bomb targeted Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s convoy on Friday as he was going to a campaign rally, police said.
Two bombs exploded close to convoy vehicles in the Kote Sangi neighbourhood in western Kabul, said a police official.
He said the incident caused casualties but the number was not clear.
“On my way to a rally in Kote Sangi area, a roadside bomb hit our convoy. I am safe and nobody has been hurt,” Mr. Abdullah said in a televised rally.
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