Low Turnout Seen In Afghan Election; 26 Killed (ap)

An Afghan woman, seen at a polling station in Jalalabad the provincial capital of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,Aug 20, 2009. Afghans voted under the shadow of Taliban threats of violence Thursday to choose their next president for a nation plagued by armed insurgency, drugs, corruption and a feeble government nearly eight years after the U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – Millions of Afghans defied threats Thursday to cast ballots in the country’s second national elections since Taliban rule, but turnout appeared weaker this time because of continuing violence, fear and disenchantment. In much of the Taliban’s southern strongholds, many people did not dare to vote, bolstering the hopes of President Hamid Karzai’s chief rival.

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