Office of Afghan president's running mate hit by a large explosion and stormed by several gunmen as election season starts
The start of Afghanistan's election season was marred by deadly violence, just hours after President Ashraf Ghani insisted"peace is coming" to the war-torn nation.
The attack in the capital, Kabul, killed at least two people and came on the first day of campaigning for presidential elections, scheduled for late September. At least two people, including a woman, were killed and 25 wounded, according to Wahidullah Mayar, the health ministry spokesman. The Taliban effectively control around half the country and have continued to carry out daily attacks on Afghan security forces.Elsewhere, a Taliban suicide bomber killed four police officers early on Sunday in an attack on a police station in the eastern Ghazni province, according to Ahmad Khan Serat, a spokesman for the provincial police.
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