In Afghanistan, an election candidate was today killed in a bomb blast ahead of Saturday's Parliamentary polls. Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on Jabar Qahraman, who was contesting from the southern province of Helmand, a stronghold for the terror group. <br />''<br />''Provincial Governor spokesman told reporters that another seven people were wounded in the blast. The spokesman said, Qahraman was meeting his supporters in his election campaign office when a bomb under his sofa detonated. <br />''<br />''Police has arrested several people in connection with the blast.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The latest attack takes the number of election candidates killed to at least 10, the majority of them murdered in targeted killings.</span><br />