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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban vow to attack Afghan poll |
| 2009-10-25 |
| The Taliban has threatened to launch a fresh wave of violence at next month's presidential run-off in Afghanistan, and urged voters to boycott the poll. The August vote passed off without major violence, but there were sporadic attacks by Taliban militants. The warning came as campaigning opened. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai faces Abdullah Abdullah in two weeks' time. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again urges their respected countrymen not to participate," the Taliban said in a statement emailed to news agencies. The Taliban called the elections an "American process" and said its fighters would "launch operations against the enemy and stop people from taking part". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Certainly, not these Poles. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-25 09:58 |