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Taliban urges Afghan vote boycott, warns of violence Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Factboxes Key facts and figures about Afghanistan 9:21am EDT Some issues in Afghanistan's parliamentary election 10:01am EDT Related News Q+A: How does Afghanistan's parliamentary election work? 9:35am EDT Analysis & Opinion Washington Extra – Drawing the battle lines Ahmad Shah Masood’s brother wants probe into “Lion” killing Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Workers carry ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations, at counting center in Kandahar province, September 16, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Omar Sobhani By Jonathon Burch and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL | Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:54am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban warned on Thursday it would try to disrupt Afghanistan's parliamentary poll and urged a voting boycott, while poll monitors said the electoral watchdog had not acted forcefully enough against fraud. Fears of violence and fraud are hanging over Saturday's vote, in which almost 2,500 candidates are vying for 249 seats in the wolesi jirga, or the lower house of parliament. Afghanistan's own election watchdog has warned of a "disputatious" process. The poll is a test of stability in Afghanistan ahead of President Barack Obama's strategy review in December, which will likely examine the pace and scale of U.S. troop withdrawals. President Hamid Karzai's credibility with his allies is also on the line, after a fraud-marred presidential vote last year, with observers warning that a repeat of that drawn-out poll would strain relations and could play into the Taliban's hands. The hardline Islamist group repeated a warning that it would unleash violence during the poll, in which there are 11.4 million eligible voters. "We call on our Muslim nation to boycott this process and thus foil all foreign processes and drive away the invaders from your country by sticking to jihad and Islamic resistance," the Taliban said in a statement. In the eastern city of Jalalabad, several hundred protesters demanding more polling stations clashed with police. "This is a government plot and they are doing this deliberately. They don't want these people to succeed in the election. They are mistreating us and we want more polling stations," demonstrator Gulab Shah told Reuters Television. In southern Uruzgan, troops shot a protester armed with an assault rifle who tried to enter a coalition military outpost. The protest was the latest in a week-long series of demonstrations about plans by an obscure U.S. pastor to burn copies of the Koran. The plan was abandoned last weekend. The protester's condition was not known since other protesters dragged him away, said James Judge, a civilian spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). MISCONDUCT Karzai's government says it can provide security for all voters on Saturday, with the support of 150,000 foreign troops as backup. However, the government election watchdog said two voting workers were gunned down on Wednesday in northern Afghanistan. The independent Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) criticized the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), a U.N-backed election oversight panel, for taking too little decisive action against government voting misconduct. Out of more than 580 registered complaints, 310 were reported being committed by government officials, FEFA said. "We are not encouraged by the level of action by the ECC against the government officials," FEFA Chairman Nader Naderi told reporters. "They did take some measures ... but they needed to be much more aggressive in addressing this serious issue." The ECC will have to adjudicate potentially thousands of complaints, a large number of which could delay the results of the ballot. No results are expected before October 8, with the final result not due before October 30. The Afghan government on Wednesday urged news media not to report on what it termed electoral shortcomings or objections to the process and militant attacks targeting voting. "We respectfully ask the media to avoid publication of articles which might undermine the confidence of voters in the electoral process and discourage them from participation," the Government Media and Information Center said in a statement. Abdullah Abdullah, runner-up to Karzai in last year's presidential poll, told reporters that should the elections be rigged this time around, it would strengthen the insurgency and break Afghans' trust in democracy. "The trust will disappear, and then, what's the option for the people? The people will be left between a corrupt government and a violent Taliban, with no way out," he said. Candidates have complained of intimidation and police indifference to it, and at least four candidates have been killed and dozens of supporters wounded. Female candidates in particular have been at risk in the deeply conservative Muslim nation. "The Afghan security forces must ensure that voters and candidates are given adequate security," rights group Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Madhu Malhotra said in a statement. "Everyone, including women, should be able to participate without fear of attacks and threats." The United Nations has told about a third of its international staff to either leave or remain outside Afghanistan until after the election, owing to Taliban threats, U.N. spokesman Kieran Dwyer said. The decision affects about 300 people, but does not apply to the 170 employees brought in to help with the election, he said. (Additional reporting by Tim Gaynor and Hamid Shalizi; Writing by Bryson Hull; Editing by Sugita Katyal) World Afghanistan Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Sep 16, 2010 9:52am EDT US and NATO got themselves in knee deep mess by trying to instill Values to these people. Now they would like to leave them and run back to their respective countries. They NEED to stay until they teach these generations of Afghans how to vote and what not.. Afterall, that’s what we were there for. Get them a BANK, ARMY and What not!! tipu420 Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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