TEHRAN, October 17 -An Afghan election candidate was killed by a bomb planted under his office chair in the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, officials said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the attack.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Abdul Jabar Qahraman, who was preparing to contest Saturday’s parliamentary polls, was killed in the blast, a senior government official said.
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Qahraman.
Qahraman is the 10th candidate to be killed in the past two months. Another two have been abducted and four others were wounded by hardline Islamist militants.
Another 22 people were killed at an election rally in northeast Takhar province last week.
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