Taliban hardliners spread out to undermine Afghanistan election

The Taliban leadership has redeployed some of its most hardline foot soldiers into areas of Afghanistan where local insurgents are reluctant to disrupt the country's elections on Thursday.

Details of the move emerged as a statement, said to carry the authority of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, reiterated that the movement would attempt to stop Afghans from voting. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Google News (World)
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Aug 18, 2009 - 12:18 AM PDT
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by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 18, 2009
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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 19, 2009

Informative update on insurgent activity in the final days before the second ever Afghan presidential election. This short report is factual, fair, well-sourced and provides good context about this breaking news event.

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by John Louden - Aug. 19, 2009

If you've been living in a cave the last few months -- listen up! otherwise, gee...

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