Afghanistan delays elections in Kandahar after Taliban attack
Preparations for the vote in Kandahar were thrown into turmoil when a gunman wearing a security forces uniform opened fire on a gathering of US and Afghan officials (AFP Photo/JAWED TANVEER)/ Afghanistan postponed legislative elections in Kandahar province on Friday, after a Taliban-claimed attack on a US-Afghan security meeting killed a powerful police chief and threatened stability across the south. Saturday's parliamentary ballot would be delayed by one week, a spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani said in a statement, following an ...
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