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Saturday Afghan poll saw fewer attacks than in 09 voting

Other News Materials 18 September 2010 22:23 (UTC +04:00)

Afghan government officials said Saturday that Taliban militants had managed to launch significantly fewer attacks during the day's parliamentary polling than they had managed during a day of presidential voting in 2009, dpa reported.

Saturday's polls saw 305 violent incidents. That compares to 422 incidents during presidential polling on August 20, 2009.

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