KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A provincial governor said today he had warned an anti-Taliban militia leader targeted in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the 2001 invasion that militants were trying to kill him. The death toll rose to more than 100.

Afghans buried relatives and friends in the southern city of Kandahar today, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of men and boys watching a dog fighting competition.

Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid told The Associated Press the death toll had risen to more than 100, up from 80. Most victims were killed immediately, though some of the scores of Afghans critically wounded had died, Khalid said.

Officials said the suicide attacker targeted a militia leader, Abdul Hakim Jan, who died in the attack, along with 35 of his men. Khalid told mourners at a mosque he had warned Jan about three weeks ago that militant suicide bombers were trying to target him.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistanis fearful of militant attacks voted today for a new parliament in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf, whose political survival hangs in the balance.Polling got off to a sluggish start in major cities amid tight security after a wave of suicide bombings. A bomb over the weekend left 46 people dead at a campaign rally near the Afghan border.An overwhelming victory by the opposition, headed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party could leave Musharraf vulnerable to impeachment.More than 470,000 police and soldiers were deployed and a public holiday declared to encourage citizens to vote.