People gather around the copy of Carl Fredrik Reutersward's 'Non-Violence' sculpture during its unveiling ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
People gather around the copy of Carl Fredrik Reutersward's 'Non-Violence' sculpture during its unveiling ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
A Syrian child walks past the rubble of a building in an opposition-held neighbourhood of the southern city of Daraa. AFP
A Syrian child walks past the rubble of a building in an opposition-held neighbourhood of the southern city of Daraa. AFP
Mourners of murdered former beauty queen, fashion model and social media star Tara Fares prays and light candles at her grave in Najaf, Iraq. AP
Mourners of murdered former beauty queen, fashion model and social media star Tara Fares prays and light candles at her grave in Najaf, Iraq. AP
Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president, stands during a handover ceremony at Salam Palace in Baghdad. Reuters
Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president, stands during a handover ceremony at Salam Palace in Baghdad. Reuters
A Palestinian man walks next to sewage water from Kefar Adummim settlement, at the Bedouin community of Khan Al Ahmar. EPA
A Palestinian man walks next to sewage water from Kefar Adummim settlement, at the Bedouin community of Khan Al Ahmar. EPA
Palestinian teenager activist Ahed Tamimi looks on at the Tunisian General Labour Union in Tunis. EPA
Palestinian teenager activist Ahed Tamimi looks on at the Tunisian General Labour Union in Tunis. EPA
A Palestinian woman walks in front a mural painted on a wall of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City. AFP
A Palestinian woman walks in front a mural painted on a wall of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City. AFP
An Afghan policeman stands as unseen volunteers carry an injured man on a stretcher to a hospital, following an attack that targeted a parliamentary election rally in the Kama district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, in Jalalabad. AFP
An Afghan policeman stands as unseen volunteers carry an injured man on a stretcher to a hospital, following an attack that targeted a parliamentary election rally in the Kama district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, in Jalalabad. AFP

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Abdul Jabar Qahraman was meeting supporters in his campaign office in the southern Afghan province of Helmand when a bomb hidden under a sofa exploded on Wednesday.

The blast in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah killed the Afghan election candidate and at least another three people, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak told reporters. Another three were wounded, while three suspects were detained, he said.

The Taliban – which controls much of Helmand and has vowed to disrupt the October 20 parliamentary elections – claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mr Qahraman was at least the 10th candidate killed so far during the campaign season, and the second from Lashkar Gah this month. Another candidate, Saleh Mohammad Asikzai, was among eight people killed in a suicide attack last week. Most of the slain candidates were murdered in targeted assassinations, including Avtar Singh Khalsa, the first Afghan Sikh to run for the lower house of the parliament.

The same week the Taliban warned candidates to withdraw from the elections. On Wednesday the group issued fresh warnings, calling on educational workers to stop schools from being used as polling centres.

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Hoedt (10' og), Matip (21'), Salah (45 3')

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