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Taliban threatens Afghan voters


The Taliban have threatened attacks on voters
and polling stations [AFP]

The Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to cut off voters' fingers and attack
polling stations in its bid to force Afghans to boycott the presidential elections.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/200981675157960381.html

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Deadly blast strikes Afghan capital


More than 85 people were wounded in the attack near
the Isaf headquarters in Kabul on Saturday [AFP]

At least eight people have been killed and more than 85 others wounded in
a suicide car bombing in the most heavily guarded area of the Afghan capital.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/2009815852129221.html

UK Afghan death toll passes 200


Brown called the rising British military death
toll in Afghanistan 'deeply tragic' [AFP]

A British soldier injured by a roadside explosion in Afghanistan has died in a hospital
in central England, marking the UK's 201st military death in the war in Afghanistan.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/08/200981611737429742.html

Afghanistan seeks election truce


The Afghan Taliban has threatened to disrupt voting
across the country [EPA]

The Afghan government says it has struck a number of deals with
Taliban commanders to ensure voter safety in next week's presidential poll.

Ahmad Wali Karzai, the brother and campaign manager of Hamid Karzai, the president, said on Friday
that he had asked tribal leaders in the south to persuade the Taliban leaders not to target the vote.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/200981413213627706.html

Afghan ambush report denied
By Tanya Goudsouzian in Kabul


Rabbani, left, is supporting the presidential
bid of Abdullah Abdullah, right [EPA]

Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president, has vehemently denied reports
that his convoy was ambushed by Taliban fighters in the north of the country.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/2009814102733345674.html