- Title: Taliban attacks kill 30, Afghan leader unhurt as bomb hits rally
- Date: 17th September 2019
- Summary: PARWAN, AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE DRIVING TO THE BLAST SITE / SMOKE RISING FROM BLAST SITE VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AND OTHERS CARRYING VICTIMS TO POLICE PICKUP CAR VEHICLES PARKED AT BLAST SITE NEARBY / PEOPLE CARRYING VICTIMS TO POLICE PICKUP CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) UNIDENTIFIED MALE EYEWITNESS, SAYING: "There was a terrific sound of blast and all of my friends got injured. I don't know what happened next." MORE VIEWS FROM BLAST SITE
- Embargoed: 1st October 2019 12:52
- Keywords: Afghanistan election blast Parwan eyewitness
- Location: PARWAN, AFGHANISTAN
- City: PARWAN, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001AX1NM13
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Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 30 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday (September 17), their deadliest bombing taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani, although he was unhurt.
The attacks happened 11 days before Afghanistan's presidential elections, which Taliban commanders have vowed to violently disrupt, and follow collapsed peace talks between the United States and the insurgent group.
Ghani, who is seeking a second five-year term in voting on Sept. 28, was due to address a rally in Charikar, the capital of central Parwan province, when a bomber attacked the gathering.
The blast killed 24 people and wounded 31, said Abdul Qasim Sangin, head of Parwan's provincial hospital.
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