Taliban threats hit Afghan election
Updated on 20 August 2009
About half of Afghanistan's voters have defied Taliban threats and lethal attacks as they turned out to select a president in an election which could decide their future and that of their Western allies.
Insurgents killed 26 Afghans in scattered attacks, but officials insisted they had failed to disrupt the vote, though turnout was affected.
After 10 hours of voting, including a one-hour extension, election workers began to count millions of ballots. Initial results were not expected until Saturday.
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