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gun down provincial candidate in N Afghanistan KABUL, Aug. 18 -- In recent pre-election violent attack, Taliban militants Tuesday set on fire a boys' school which was supposed to be a polling center for Aug. 20 election in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, an official said. "Armed militants burned a school in the wee hours of Tuesday in Sayed Karam district," Aziz Ahmad Wardak, police chief of Paktia, told Xinhua. The school, where some 450 boys studied, was supposed to be used as a polling station on Election Day on Thursday, but burned by enemies of Afghanistan, he added. Moreover, Zabihullah Mujahid who claimed to speak for Taliban militants told Xinhua from undisclosed location via cell phone that any school or other buildings would be destroyed if they are used as polling centers. Afghanistan's second presidential and provincial election is set for Aug. 20 while Taliban militants have vowed to derail it. |
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