Suicide bomb blast overshadows Afghan election count
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a Taliban suicide bomb in Kabul.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of an assassinated Afghan politician, killing six people, as NATO said the Taliban death toll in a key offensive had passed 500.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in central Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least 17 other people and injuring 51 others, officials said.
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A suicide bomber struck Monday in eastern Afghanistan at the funeral of a provincial governor who died in a suicide blast the previous day, police and witnesses said. At least five people were killed, but four Cabinet ministers who were attending the funeral escaped unharmed, police said.
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At least 21 people were killed in  Pakistan on Saturday in a suspected suicide bomb attack near  the office of an election candidate supported by assassinated  opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party, a Reuters reporter  said.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing more than 35 people, a senior police official said.
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At least one man was killed and four wounded Friday when a bomb exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in the latest attack by Taliban fighters intent on derailing a landmark election next month.
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A suicide bomber blasted a political gathering Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people, wounding dozens and stoking fears about security surrounding this month's parliamentary election.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a Taliban suicide bomb in Kabul.
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A roadside bomb blast hit an election campaign convoy killing two people and wounding three on Wednesday in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, police said, as security fears deepen ahead of a February 18 general election.
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KHOST, Afghanistan  - An Afghan suicide bomber disguised as a doctor blew himself up and injured three U.S. soldiers during a function at a hospital in Khost on Tuesday, officials said.
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KHOST, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant, killing seven people and wounding 20 others on Sunday in southeast Afghanistan, a provincial governor said.
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A bomb exploded at an election rally  in northwest Pakistan on Saturday and casualties were feared, a  political party official said.
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A suicide attacker exploded a bomb close   to the U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, a   police official said.
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A series of bombs went off at a U.N. voter registration office in western Afghanistan, injuring six policemen, setting vehicles ablaze and shattering windows, police and the United Nations said Friday. It was the latest in a string of attacks targeting election workers.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for a historic presidential election narrowly escaped a  bomb set off by Taliban guerrillas as the campaign closed on  Wednesday.
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A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's airport early on Friday, killing at least one Afghan and wounding several other people, police and witnesses said.