dr. abdullah. ir all these reasons, and have seen some polls lately that put him closer to the front runners then you mentioned. he may actually be a viable candidate, even though much of the narrative suggests he could not be. disagree with the question, but i want to put it to a point. what ise elections, equally important to the actual process is the perception of the public. people currently see him as a candidate, a team on the low margins. them being elevated to the level of dr. abdullah and ashraf ghani or even above them will raise serious questions. >> i would pause. that is very true of the educated elite and of kabul. is equally true across the south and east. it could be, i am not saying it is not. i think there will be questions. i would also point out that dr. abdullah and ashraf ghani are making an effort to say that if dr. rassoul gets into the second round, it is automatically evidence of fraud. i think we as americans should not accept that which is a campaign ploy in advance. of

dr. abdullah, who is a frontrunner in this election where afghans are due to go to the polls on april 5th this sort of violence has happened before with dr. abdullah's campaign and all candidates of the presidency are aware that anybody working for them are very much likely to be targeted in the coming weeks. the taliban has not officially claimed responsibility for this attack, but speaking to al jazeera they said they did not find it surprising that this attack had taken place. two days ago they issued a very strongly worded statement saying they have ordered their fighters to attack anybody who has anything to do with the elections whether they're campaigners, security staff or even just people working at polling stations. so the coming three weeks are likely to be increasingly tense as these attacks may continue. >> that was jane ferguson reporting there from kabul. now coming up in this news hour, 26 year walk to freedom. the innocent man released after spending half his life on america's death row. in sport all eyes on the new manchester city defeat of barcelona. we have the latest