At least six people have been killed after a pair of explosions struck the convoy of Afghan presidential frontrunner Abdullah Abdullah.

 
At least 22 people were wounded in the blasts, which occurred shortly after Abdullah left a campaign event in Kabul on Friday. Security officials say at least one of the blasts involved a suicide bomber. Abdullah was not injured, but in a televised statement shortly after the attack he said that two of his bodyguards were wounded.
According to Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Siddiqui, the attack occurred "in the vicinity of a campaign rally." "The [rally] was over and they were out on the way, they came under the attack by a terrorist, a suicide bomber,” he said.

A second bomb went off near the car, Siddiqui added, saying the explosions left six civilians dead and 22 wounded.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombings, for which no one immediately claimed responsibility.

Abdullah Abdullah

• Received 45 percent of vote in first round of presidential election on April 5
• Served as Hamid Karzai's foreign minister
• Ran for president in 2009
• Trained as an eye doctor
• Father is Pashtun, mother is Tajik

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