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August 21, 2009

26 Afghans Die in Election Day Attacks
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In Afghanistan, vote counting is underway following Thursday’s national
elections. At least twenty-six people were killed in election day
violence. The Taliban had threatened to attack those turning out to
vote. Afghanistan’s election authority, meanwhile, said it received
around forty complaints of voting irregularities, including instances of
officials pressuring voters to select Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Both Karzai and his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, have claimed victory,
but they’re expected to square off in a second round of voting.



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