As Afghan runoff campaign opens, Taliban again threatens voters - latimes

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - "If anyone finds themselves injured taking part in this dirty process, they have only themselves to blame," the insurgent movement said in a statement posted on its Pashtu-language website. It also denounced the election two weeks from now as a foreign-orchestrated sham. - Afghanistan: As Afghan runoff campaign opens, Taliban again ...

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