In the midst of all this terrorist drama (what, with everyone really paranoid over the recent Flight 253 failed terror bombing), here’s something that somewhat stands out from the pack.
Investigations into alleged fraud in the recent Afghanistan elections are uncovering more and more evidence supporting the claims of more than 2,000 election complaints.
Officials handling complaints regarding the August 20 Afghanistan presidential elections have said that they are now looking into more than 560 major allegations of election fraud – approximately double than that reported two days ago.
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Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has expressed his distaste for the recent suicide bombing near the NATO Headquarters in Kabul which claimed at least seven lives, and said that the scheduled presidential elections will be continuing undeterred this Thursday, according to a report by the BBC.
At least seven people were killed with 91 others injured when a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
The United States Army has launched a major military offensive against the Taliban in the Afghan province of Helmand, in the largest mobilization since Vietnam.
Investigations by US officials have concluded that three of the seven airstrikes conducted in Farah province in Afghanistan last May 4 had not complied with military guidelines, resulting in the death of at least 26 civilians.
