A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a police station the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 145, most of them civilians, officials say in what was one of the worst attacks in Kabul this year.
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah condemned Wednesday's attack, saying in a Twitter post that"the terrorists aim to disrupt the presidential election campaign."
"The Taliban cannot pose any threat to our government, and the Afghan security forces are strong and can protect the Afghan population," he said. Wednesday's attack comes against the backdrop of another round of U.S.-Taliban talks this week in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, where the insurgents maintain an office.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's government says attacks such as Wednesday's apparently are meant to strengthen the Taliban position at the negotiating table but would not succeed.
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