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As Afghanistans disputed presidential vote nears an uncertain conclusion, fears are mounting that post-election unrest could threaten the fragile political order that the United States has struggled for 13 years to help build.

Recent developments have raised questions about the ability of Abdullah Abdullah -- the one-time front-runner who has alleged a conspiracy to rig the results against him -- to pacify supporters if he, as expected, is declared the runner-up.

The concerns have increased as he has clashed with rival Ashraf Ghani over the details of a power-sharing proposal, brokered by the Obama administration, in which the new president would cede some decision-making authority to a chief executive from the opposing camp.

Last week, at an event commemorating the slain Afghan resistance commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, Abdullah had to calm angry supporters heckling a 92-year-old former president who endorsed Ghani. At a busy Kabul intersection named for Massoud, a crowd of protesters chanted, Death to Ghani!

Two days later, a group massed outside the United Nations offices carrying signs disparaging the chief U.N. diplomat in Afghanistan, who has overseen a controversial election recount. The protest has prompted outrage from the world body.

One of Abdullahs running mates, Mohammed Mohaqeq, said over the weekend that if a power-sharing deal isnt reached, or is seen as being too favorable to Ghani, the Abdullah campaign might not be able to restrain dissatisfied backers.

We will try our best to manage and control the people not to go the wrong way, he said at his home in western Kabul. But he added: What the peoples reaction will be is unpredictable at this point.

The candidates met Monday with outgoing President Hamid Karzai for the latest round of talks, still reportedly at odds over the authority to be held by a chief executive. Abdullah envisions the holder of the newly created post as having the power to appoint cabinet ministers, including those responsible for security forces, while Ghani believes it should be an advisory position reporting to the president.

As talks have dragged on since Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced the plan in July, many Afghans express fear that tensions could explode into the streets.

Of course there will be violence, said Solaiman, a 26-year-old tailor in Kabul, who goes by a single name.

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Published September 16, 2014

September 16, 2014: NATO and Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The NATO-led international military coalition in Afghanistan said three of its service members were killed and five others were wounded Tuesday when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a foreign motorcade just a couple hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

Security forces in full battle gear administered CPR to wounded comrades shortly after the 8:10 a.m. blast, which rattled nearby neighborhoods and sent a plume of smoke high into the sky.

The attack which the Taliban claimed responsibility for -- happened on a main Kabul road that leads to the airport, next to an ISAF base that houses many Americans.

The statement from the coalition known as ISAF did not say which nationalities the troops were.

The three military deaths -- and a fourth in the country's east -- brought the total number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year to 59, at least 42 of whom were American.

The blast turned several vehicles into twisted metal and bloodied and dazed Afghan passers-by. Good Samaritans scooped up the wounded into their arms and carried them to medical workers.

Ashmat Stanikzai, a spokesman for the Kabul police, said 13 Afghans were wounded. More than a dozen vehicles were damaged, the police said.

In the aftermath of the blast, Afghan and foreign troops secured the area as fire and rescue vehicles moved in. Investigators inspected an empty black SUV, its windows smashed and exterior pockmarked with shrapnel.

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U.S. troops keep watch at site of suicide attack blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 16, 2014 REUTERS

Last Updated Sep 16, 2014 8:56 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban attacker detonated his car bomb next to an international military convoy on Tuesday, killing three troops from the NATO-led force and wounding nearly 20 troops and civilians, officials said.

U.S. defense sources confirmed to CBS News' David Martin that at least one of those killed was an American citizen, but they could not confirm whether the casualty was military or civilian.

Security forces in full battle gear administered CPR to wounded comrades shortly after the 8:10 a.m. blast, which rattled nearby neighborhoods and sent a plume of smoke high into the sky. The attack happened only a couple hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, on a main Kabul road that leads to the airport.

The statement from the military coalition fighting in Afghanistan, known as ISAF, said five troops were wounded in addition to the three killed. It did not say which nationalities the troops were, but CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer says the Polish mission confirmed one of those killed as a soldier from Poland.

The blast struck near a U.S. military base called the New Kabul Compound, which is close to the embassy and the Afghan Supreme Court, reports CBS News' Ahmad Mukhtar.

Kabul police spokesman Hashmatullah Stanikzai told CBS News that 13 civilians were wounded in the attack and 18 vehicles were damaged.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the group was responsible for the attack in a statement sent to media outlets.

An Afghan official at the ministry of interior said that one Afghan translator who was with the ISAF troops at the time was also among those killed.

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