Taliban Claim Credit For Today's Two Suicide Bomb Attacks That Killed 48 Ahead Of Afghan Elections

Daily Mail: Taliban kill at least 48 people and injure 80 in a day of bloodshed ahead of the Afghan elections as president’s rally is targeted

* At least 48 people killed and 80 wounded in attacks at a checkpoint and in Kabul
* Both attacks came in one day and designed to take place in lead up to elections
* Suicide bomb went off at checkpoint leading to a rally for President Ashraf Ghani
* Taliban set off a device in central Kabul just over an hour later near US embassy

Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in two blasts today.

One attack was 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.

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