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13 killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province as suicide bomber strikes election rally
•Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said some of the wounded are in critical condition, which increases concerns that the death toll could rise further.
Kabul bombing: 14 killed, 19 injured in attack on Afghan clerics; religious leaders had issued fatwa against suicide bombing
Fp Staff •A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics on Monday in Kabul, killing at least 14 people and wounding 19, shortly after the clerics issued a fatwa against suicide bombings
At least four policemen dead after insurgents attack checkpoint in Afghanistan's Ghazni province
•No one has claimed the attack, but the Taliban are active in the area and control large parts of the province.
Three Taliban fighters killed after truck bomb on expat guesthouse in Kabul
•A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck a guesthouse housing foreigners in Kabul early on 1 August, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for 15 years.
No justification for attacking civilians: UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns Taliban attack in Kabul
•UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday strongly condemned a Taliban suicide truck bombing in central Kabul which left 30 people dead and hundreds injured.
Attacks show insurgents can't meet forces Afghans on battlefield: UN on Taliban attacks
•The United Nations mission in Afghanistan and the commander of international forces in the country are condemning Tuesday's Taliban attack on a government security agency in Kabul.