Bombs strike Afghan candidate convoy

KABUL: The Afghan Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber and a roadside bomb struck the convoy of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah as it left a campaign event at a wedding hall in the capital Kabul, killing four civilians but leaving the candidate himself unharmed.

Ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui said no one from Abdullah´s entourage was wounded in the attack. In a televised statement shortly after the attack Abdullah said he had not been harmed but that his security guards had been wounded.

An AP reporter and a police officer at the scene of the blast said many people were wounded. The interior ministry spokesman said the toll was likely to rise.