KABUL, Afghanistan • Separate attacks by suicide bombers — one targeting President Ashraf Ghani’s election rally and a second that ripped through the center of the Afghan capital — killed at least 48 people and wounded scores Tuesday in the deadliest single day since a peace agreement with Taliban insurgents was declared dead.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for both blasts, saying an explosives-laden motorcycle targeted Ghani’s election rally being held on the outskirts of Charakar in northern Parwan province. Ghani was present but unhurt, his campaign chief said. In that explosion, 26 people were killed, according to Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Interior Ministry.

Four among the dead were Afghan military personnel, he said. Another 42 people were wounded, many of them women and children.

In the second bombing, just hours later in the heart of Kabul not far from the U.S. Embassy, the Taliban said they were targeting an Afghan army base. They killed 22 people, government officials said. Scores more were wounded.

The violence comes as Afghanistan faces presidential elections Sept. 28 — a vote the Taliban opposes. The insurgent group has warned Afghans not to vote and said their fighters would target election campaigns as well as polling stations.

Afghan security forces work at the site of a suicide attack Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The Taliban have claimed both attacks.

the associated press