At least 13 people have been killed and 25 others injured in suicide attack at an election campaign rally in the eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.
The suicide bomber detonated himself up at the rally of parliamentary candidate Abdul Nasir Mohmmand in Kama district outside the provincial capital of Jalalabad, provincial governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said.
The attack came as campaigning has begun for parliamentary elections due on October 20.
Five candidates have been killed in attacks, according to the Independent Election Commission, and there are fears violence will escalate.
The Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group have vowed to disrupt the election process, as they ramp up attacks across the country.
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