Taliban Make Good on Pledge to Strike Afghan Election Campaign
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan — Fearing Taliban threats, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has mostly campaigned for re-election via Skype, reaching voters outside Kabul through “virtual rallies.” But on Tuesday, the president risked a 35-mile trip from the capital to neighboring Parwan Province for a rally inside a police training compound. And there, just as the rally started, the Taliban made good on repeated vows to attack anything connected with the election, scheduled in less than two weeks. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew up as ...
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