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Suicide Bombing Killed 15 in Kabul, Afghanistan

At least 15 people were killed and 25 wounded in a bombing at a polling station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, as the country's parliamentary elections got underway.

Multiple Blasts Hit Kabul as Afghans Holding Elections

Multiple blasts rock polling stations in the capital Kabul as people in Afghanistan go to polls in parliamentary elections overshadowed by assassination of candidates.

Iran Urges Stoppage of violence in Afghanistan

Iran has strongly denounced Thursday's assassination of three senior officials in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, urging the conflicting sides to cease violence on the eve of parliamentary polls that have been delayed in the province by a week as a result of the assassinations.

Afghans Preparing for Parliamentary Elections

Afghanistan is all set to go to parliamentary polls on Oct. 20 as candidates rolled back their campaign posters on Thursday in line with the electoral rules in the mountainous country marred by decades of conflict.

Afghan Election Candidate Killed in Taliban Attack

A bomb placed under a sofa killed an Afghan election candidate on Wednesday, officials said, as deadly violence escalates ahead of the October 20 parliamentary ballot.

Dozens of Afghan Forces Killed in Taliban Attacks

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed and wounded dozens of Afghan police forces, including a provincial police chief, in heavy fighting in the northern and central parts of the country, just ahead of parliamentary polls that the militants have vowed to disrupt.

3 Million Afghans in ‘Urgent’ Need of Food

At least three million Afghans are in “urgent” need of food and could face famine if they do not get help, the United Nations warned Monday, as the war-torn country battles the worst drought in living memory.

20 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack

At least 20 Afghan soldiers were killed and 11 more wounded in a Taliban assault on two military check posts in the western Farah province bordering Iran, officials confirmed on Sunday.

Taliban Confirms Meeting with US ‘Peace’ Envoy in Qatar

A Taliban delegation has met with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict, the militant group said Saturday, in the first official confirmation of talks between the two sides.

At Least 12 Killed in Bomb Attack on Afghan Election Rally

A motorcycle bomb targeting supporters of a female election candidate in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to strike a political gathering.

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