The death toll in a bomb attack on an Afghan election rally has risen to at least 22 people, as the country braces for more violence ahead of the October 20 poll.
Dozens of people were killed or wounded in parliamentary election-related attacks across Afghanistan on Saturday as militants step up attacks on the ballot.
A motorcycle carrying explosives detonated among supporters of Nazifa Yousefibek, a female candidate for the northeastern province of Takhar.
Most of the 22 killed and 36 wounded were civilians.
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A nine-year-old boy and a security guard died in the attack and two others were wounded.
