Taliban Attack Afghan Voters
The Daily Telegraph reports:
Early indications suggested turn-out was low in the second parliamentary vote in Afghanistan since the Taliban regime was ousted.
The poll is seen as a yardstick of difficult security conditions in the country as London and Washington try to demonstrate progress in the nine-year-long campaign.
Sporadic rocket attacks, bombings and shootings were reported in many provinces as Nato and government forces tried to thwart insurgent threats to disrupt the day.
The Taliban had called for a national boycott and waged an intimidation campaign in several southern provinces threatening beatings or execution for those voting for the 249-seat parliament.
The Afghan police and military said none of the days attacks had been significant, many more had been foiled, and only eight per cent of polling sites had been closed.
Observers at several polling stations in Kabul, Kandahar and Kunduz said voting was slow however.
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