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Taliban not to Disrupt Afghan Election in Kunar
[Tolo News] Governor for eastern Kunar province remarked on Monday that armed anti-government groups in the province will not interrupt the upcoming Afghan parliamentary pollArmed anti-government groups in Kunar province have assured us that they will not harm police forces, and the polling centres will not be targeted, said Kunar governor, Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi. Militants in the province will only target foreign forces, he said. However the election is not supported by the Taliban, they have said their target is to wipe out foreign forces from Afghanistan. The Taliban, "pointed to two things: firstly they will not interrupt the poll and secondly they will not harm Afghan national police and army." They said, "Only the coalition forces will be targeted," he said. The provincial government is happy about the decision made by the Taliban and said that the Taliban have also announced they will not attack clinics and educational centres. "They had announced they have nothing to do with clinics and schools and this was a new thing to me, and we realised that no clinics and schools were attacked," he said. The Taliban's announcement came after officials' in the Independent Election Commission recently declared that some polling centres will remain closed during the elections as a result of a shortcoming in security in eastern parts of Afghanistan particularly in Nangarhar province. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-14 |
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