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TWO blasts struck Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s convoy in Kabul today, killing civilians but leaving the candidate unharmed.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said a suicide bomber had struck the convoy followed by a roadside bomb, killing four civilians.
But Kabul police chief Mohammed Zahir said both explosions were carried out by suicide bombers — the first a driver who blew up a vehicle and the second a suicide bomber on foot.
He said two people were killed and 16 others were wounded.
The attack hit Mr Abdullah’s convoy as it left a campaign event at a wedding hall, destroying several cars and nearby shops, leaving the street littered with twisted metal.
Mr Abdullah is favourite to win the June 14 run-off vote against former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
The brazen attack underlined the limited control that President Hamid Karzai's government exercises, even in the nation’s capital.
