Wales On Sunday

Suicide bomb attack

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POLICE in Afghanista­n say a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a polling station in Kabul.

The first major attack in yesterday’s parliament­ary elections is said to have taken place in a school in the northern Kabul neighbourh­ood of Khair Khana.

A doctor treating the wounded said three people were killed and six wounded.

Both the local Islamic State affiliate and the Taliban threatened violence during elections, warning people to stay away from the polls.

The suicide attack targeted a school where a polling station was set up.

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