Voter turnout low amid Taliban threats
By AP in Kabul and Zhang Xin in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-21 07:54
Afghan women make their way past Afghan National Police to cast their votes yesterday at a polling station in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. AFP |
Taliban threats kept voter turnout low in the capital and the militant south yesterday, as Afghans chose the next president for their deeply troubled country.
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