Afghanistan: 50 Dead on Election Day, with Low turnout in Some Districts
(Blog Post) Violence and a relatively low turnout in some provinces . McClatchy reports that the largest election monitoring organization refused to sign off on the polls? legitimacy until more information had come in. Some 95% of polling stations were said to have opened. But the southwestern city of Qandahar took rocket and mortar fire about every half hour through the day, and there was a significant battle in Baghlan to the north. Rivals Hamid Karzai and Abdullah ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NewsRack (Afghanistan), Informed Comment
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