Friday, September 16, 2005
WITH ALL OF OUR SUCCESSES IN IRAQ, AND THE MASTERFUL HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT, IT'S EASY TO OVERLOOK HOW GREAT THINGS ARE GOING IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Candidate Is Killed as Taliban Warns Against Voting
Suspected Taliban militants shot dead a candidate in Afghanistan's weekend elections, an official said on Friday, as the guerrillas warned voters they could be hurt unless they boycotted the polls.
National Assembly candidate Abdul Hadi was shot dead on Thursday night in the southern province of Helmand, provincial spokesman Mohammad Wali Alizai said. He was the seventh candidate to be killed.
"The gunmen called at his house and when he came out they opened fire and killed him,'' he said, adding that the attackers were believed to be Taliban guerrillas.
Militant violence has been the main worry in the run-up to the landmark parliamentary and provincial polls.
More than 1,000 people have been killed this year -- most of them militants, but including 49 U.S. troops -- the bloodiest period since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.
The Taliban, who have denounced the polls, claimed responsibility for killing Hadi.
nyt
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Afghan Candidate Is Killed as Taliban Warns Against Voting
Suspected Taliban militants shot dead a candidate in Afghanistan's weekend elections, an official said on Friday, as the guerrillas warned voters they could be hurt unless they boycotted the polls.
National Assembly candidate Abdul Hadi was shot dead on Thursday night in the southern province of Helmand, provincial spokesman Mohammad Wali Alizai said. He was the seventh candidate to be killed.
"The gunmen called at his house and when he came out they opened fire and killed him,'' he said, adding that the attackers were believed to be Taliban guerrillas.
Militant violence has been the main worry in the run-up to the landmark parliamentary and provincial polls.
More than 1,000 people have been killed this year -- most of them militants, but including 49 U.S. troops -- the bloodiest period since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.
The Taliban, who have denounced the polls, claimed responsibility for killing Hadi.
nyt
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