Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts Tuesday -- 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 Parwan province, just north of the capital, killing 26 and wounding 42.
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Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard and inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack by the Taliban in Char Asiab district, south of Kabul, on September 12
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A US military helicopter flies near the site of a massive explosion that killed 16 near the Green Village in Kabul on September 3, 2019
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A massive blast in a Kabul residential neighbourhood killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, following yet another Taliban attack that came as the insurgents and Washington try to finalise a withdrawal deal.US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital to discuss the proposed deal -- which would see the United States withdraw troops in return for Taliban security guarantees -- when the Monday bombing took place.
Chart showing Afghan troop levels since 2015.