Al Jazeera: Afghanistan: 54 dead in attacks on voter registration centres
At least 54 people killed in bombings targeting voter registration centres in Kabul and Baghlan province, officials say.
Bomb attacks at voter registration centres in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and in Baghlan province have killed at least 54 people and wounded more than a hundred others, health officials said.
Kabul's acting police chief, Mohammad Daoud Amin, said an assailant detonated his explosives at the doorway of an ID distribution centre in the capital on Sunday, killing 48 people
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