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| Deadly pre-poll attack hits Kabul | Deadly pre-poll attack hits Kabul |
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| A suicide car bomber has killed seven people in an attack on a convoy of Western troops in the Afghan capital. | A suicide car bomber has killed seven people in an attack on a convoy of Western troops in the Afghan capital. |
| More than 50 people were wounded in the blast, which comes amid raised security in Kabul for Thursday's election. | More than 50 people were wounded in the blast, which comes amid raised security in Kabul for Thursday's election. |
| The Nato-led force said reports indicated some of its troops were among those killed and injured, while the UN said two of its employees were killed. | The Nato-led force said reports indicated some of its troops were among those killed and injured, while the UN said two of its employees were killed. |
| Militants have threatened to disrupt Thursday's vote in which Hamid Karzai is tipped to be re-elected president. | Militants have threatened to disrupt Thursday's vote in which Hamid Karzai is tipped to be re-elected president. |
| However correspondents say he is facing a strong challenge from ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. Several dozen candidates are in the race. | However correspondents say he is facing a strong challenge from ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. Several dozen candidates are in the race. |
| In other violence on Tuesday: | In other violence on Tuesday: |
| • A rocket was fired into the presidential compound in Kabul; no-one was reported injured. | • A rocket was fired into the presidential compound in Kabul; no-one was reported injured. |
| • Two US soldiers died in a roadside bomb in the east of the country | • Two US soldiers died in a roadside bomb in the east of the country |
| • Two civilians and three Afghan soldiers died when a suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in southern Uruzgan province, police said | • Two civilians and three Afghan soldiers died when a suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in southern Uruzgan province, police said |
| • In the usually peaceful north, an election candidate was shot dead in Jowzjan province, and three poll workers were killed in Badakhshan when their car hit a bomb | • In the usually peaceful north, an election candidate was shot dead in Jowzjan province, and three poll workers were killed in Badakhshan when their car hit a bomb |
| I saw wounded people and dead people everywhere SawadKabul shopkeeper Afghan election fraud is unearthed In pictures: Kabul car bomb | I saw wounded people and dead people everywhere SawadKabul shopkeeper Afghan election fraud is unearthed In pictures: Kabul car bomb |
| The BBC's Hugh Sykes, in Kabul, says the bombings are likely to make people nervous about going to cast their ballot. | The BBC's Hugh Sykes, in Kabul, says the bombings are likely to make people nervous about going to cast their ballot. |
| The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Kabul suicide blast, which targeted a convoy of foreign troops near a bustling market on the busy Jalalabad road. | The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Kabul suicide blast, which targeted a convoy of foreign troops near a bustling market on the busy Jalalabad road. |
| An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw British soldiers, who were securing the site, collecting what appeared to be body parts from the roof of an Afghan home. | An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw British soldiers, who were securing the site, collecting what appeared to be body parts from the roof of an Afghan home. |
| Two Afghan UN staff were believed killed in the attack | Two Afghan UN staff were believed killed in the attack |
| "I saw wounded people and dead people everywhere," a shopkeeper named Sawad told Reuters news agency. | "I saw wounded people and dead people everywhere," a shopkeeper named Sawad told Reuters news agency. |
| The explosion sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky, but Kabul's daily routine was barely affected, says our correspondent. | The explosion sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky, but Kabul's daily routine was barely affected, says our correspondent. |
| Two Afghan UN staff are believed to have died in the attack. | Two Afghan UN staff are believed to have died in the attack. |
| "I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today's suicide bombing," UN special representative Kai Eide said in a statement. | "I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today's suicide bombing," UN special representative Kai Eide said in a statement. |
| The latest violence comes as a BBC investigation found evidence of electoral fraud and corruption ahead of the presidential election. | The latest violence comes as a BBC investigation found evidence of electoral fraud and corruption ahead of the presidential election. |
| Thousands of voting cards have been up for sale and thousands of dollars have been offered in bribes to buy votes, found the BBC's Ian Pannell. | |
| The Afghan Independent Election Commission, which is overseeing the ballot, has been accused of not doing enough to prevent abuses. | |
| But a senior commission official, Daud-Ali Najafi, denied to the BBC that voting cards were being sold, saying the cards could only be used be their rightful owners. | |
| Thursday's vote will be Afghanistan's second presidential election since the US-led invasion in 2001 toppled the Taliban regime. | Thursday's vote will be Afghanistan's second presidential election since the US-led invasion in 2001 toppled the Taliban regime. |