Afghan MP survives convoy bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- At least 25 people were killed in four bombings Friday in Afghanistan, including an attack on a politician who survived.

The wave of violence came the day after President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated to a second term.

Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, a former warlord who represents a Kabul district in Parliament and is a strong supporter of the president, was traveling in a convoy struck Friday evening on a road near Kabul. Five of his bodyguards died.

A suicide bomber struck early Friday in a busy market in Farah near the Iranian border, capital of the southwestern province of the same name, Voice of America reported. At least 16 people were killed and many others, including children, were injured in the bombing near the governor's residence, CNN reported.

"This was a malicious attack that killed and injured innocent Afghans," U.S. Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, a spokeswoman for the multinational forces joint command, said in a statement. "Yesterday's presidential inauguration was a day of moving forward, and today's bombing shows the insurgents' unwillingness to allow Afghan citizens to move toward a peaceful, stable and prosperous future."

Four people were killed by two roadside bombs in the eastern part of the country.