Blast kills leading parliamentary candidate, wounds 8 in S. Afghanistan

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2018 shows the site of a blast in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A bomb ripped through the campaign office of leading parliamentary candidate Abdul Jabar Qahraman in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah of Helmand, killing him and injuring eight others, a police official said on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Abdul Aziz Safdari)