{"id":37670,"date":"2019-09-17T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/17\/taliban-kill-24-at-afghan-presidents-rally-ghani-unhurt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:25:21","slug":"taliban-kill-24-at-afghan-presidents-rally-ghani-unhurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/17\/taliban-kill-24-at-afghan-presidents-rally-ghani-unhurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities: Separate attacks in Afghanistan kill 48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Separate attacks by suicide bombers \u2014 one targeting President Ashraf Ghani<\/a>\u2019s election rally and a second that ripped through the center of the Afghan capital \u2014 killed at least 48 people and wounded scores more Tuesday in the deadliest single day since a peace agreement with Taliban insurgents was declared dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Taliban claimed responsibility for both blasts, saying an explosives-laden motorcycle targeted Ghani\u2019s election rally being held on the outskirts of Charakar in northern Parwan province. Ghani was present but unhurt, his campaign chief said. In that explosion, 26 people were killed, according to Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Interior Ministry. Four among the dead were Afghan military personnel, he said. Another 42 people were wounded, many of them women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second bombing, just hours later in the heart of Kabul not far from the U.S. Embassy, the Taliban said they were targeting an Afghan army base. They killed 22 people, government officials said. Scores more were wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\t