#Taliban threatens Afghan voters
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Taliban insurgents threatened Monday to attack #Afghanistan's run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death. Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani or Abdullah Abdullah should succeed President Hamid Karzai. The militants, ousted from power in Kabul by a 2001 US-led invasion, threatened to attack the first round of voting on April 5 but the day passed with a high turnout and no major security incidents. read more