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Taliban fighters hit Kabul election office

Mar 25, 2014, 7:06 AM EDT
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani addresses a crowd in an assembly hall in Kabul on Februray 13, 2014.
AFP/File, Nicolas Asfouri

The Taliban launched a brazen assault in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, with two suicide bombers detonating their explosives outside an election office on the city's outskirts and other attackers storming inside the premises. The attack was the latest in the insurgents' violent campaign against the country's April 5 presidential polls.
Background:
Taliban bombers, gunmen hit Kabul election office [AP]
Gunmen 'attack Afghan election HQ' in Kabul [BBC]

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