Preelection violence in Afghanistan
Afghan forces guard a Kabul bank where at least three gunmen were killed while entering it. The bank overlooks President Hamid Karzai’s compound. It is unknown if they were insurgents. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
At least three gunmen were killed when they entered a Kabul bank overlooking President Karzai’s compound. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this and another attack Tuesday in Afghanistan. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
In Kabul, an Afghan man surveys the damage to his vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb blast. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the attack on a convoy of foreign troops. (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)
British soldiers and Afghan police secure the bombing site. The attack took place on a major artery leading out of Kabul, just two days ahead of the presidential elections. (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)
The bomber was apparently aiming at military vehicles belonging to the NATO-led force, most of the dead and wounded appeared to have been civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was the second major strike by insurgents in four days in Kabul. (Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images)
An Afghan boy looks at a damaged vehicle being pulled from the bombing site. (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)
An Afghan police officer chases a local resident at the Kabul site. (S. Sabawoon / EPA)
An Afghan man carries a child who was wounded in the attack out of a Kabul hospital. Millions of Afghans vote for a president Aug. 20 for only the second time in history, but preparations have been overshadowed by violence and Taliban threats to attack polling stations across the country. (Pedro Ugarte / AFP/Getty Images)