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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Taliban threaten Afghan voters in November runoff By HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID,Associated Press Writers - Sunday, October 25 Send IM Story Print KABUL – Taliban militants threatened Afghans with violence Saturday if they vote in the Nov. 7 runoff presidential election, as President Hamid Karzai's campaign ruled out any power-sharing deal to avoid another ballot. Supporters of Karzai's challenger, meanwhile, urged the country's top three election officials to step down _ alleging they were involved in rigging the first round of fraud-marred voting in August and should not be responsible for organizing the upcoming vote. President Barack Obama's administration is hoping the runoff will produce a legitimate government after massive ballot-rigging sullied the first-round vote Aug. 20. Another flawed election would cast doubt on the wisdom of sending tens of thousands more U.S. troops to support a weak government tainted by fraud. The Taliban issued their warning on the first official day of campaigning for the runoff, denouncing the contest between Karzai and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah as "a failed, American process." They said fighters would "launch operations against the enemy and stop people from taking part" in the election, warning that anyone who casts a ballot "will bear responsibility for their actions." Taliban fighters killed dozens of people during the August balloting, firing rockets at several provincial cities and cutting off voters' ink-stained fingers that indicated they had cast ballots. The new threat adds pressure on U.S. and Afghan commanders to protect voters _ one of the manifold challenges facing Afghanistan's government and its international partners in organizing another election in less than three weeks. American commanders say the Afghans will bear the primary responsibility, with U.S. and NATO forces advising and standing by in case they're needed. The runoff was called last Tuesday after Karzai bowed to intense U.S. and international pressure and accepted the findings of a U.N.-backed panel that determined he fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright victory in the 36-candidate field. Taliban threats kept thousands of people at home in August, helping push turnout below 40 percent. Officials fear even lower turnout this time, raising questions about the new president's mandate no matter who wins. "We're sure that the elections will take place successfully, but because of the Taliban threats a minority of the people will go out and vote," said Abdul Hadi, election chief in Helmand province, where Taliban influence is strong. "I ask the people to participate at the elections." Nevertheless, a Karzai spokesman said the runoff is necessary because there was no other lawful option for putting together a new government. "The only legal way to have a legitimate future government is to have elections," the spokesman, Waheed Omar, said. "In our view, that is the only constitutional way of putting an end to the current crisis." Some Obama administration officials had hoped Karzai and Abdullah could cut a power-sharing deal to avoid a costly and risky runoff, although such talk has faded in recent days. U.S. officials are still hopeful that if Karzai wins as expected, he will bring Abdullah's supporters and other opposition figures into the new government. In an interview to be aired Sunday on CNN, Abdullah said he had left Karzai's administration three years ago "and since then I've not been tempted to be part of that government." Abdullah said he ran to promote change and that's "quite different from the criteria" that Karzai has used "with other people who are willing to join his government." The Afghan Independent Election Commission, dominated by Karzai supporters, is under pressure to avoid a repeat of the August cheating that discredited the government and threatened to undermine public support for the war in the United States, which provides the bulk of the 100,000 NATO-led force. Senior Abdullah campaign officials on Saturday accused the top three members of Afghan commission of bias and complicity in fraud, saying they should be replaced to ensure the upcoming runoff is fair. They singled out election commission chairman Azizullah Lodin, chief electoral officer Daoud Ali Najafi and the commission's deputy director, Zekria Barakzai. Abdullah's running mate, Homayoun Assefy, said the three were "openly working for Mr. Karzai" and should resign. "If they are again in charge for the second round, the same thing will happen," Assefy said. Noor Mohammad Noor, an election commission spokesman, said the officials had been appointed by constitutional procedures and cannot be replaced. "It is impossible. Everything has been set up already according to the constitution, according to electoral law, and they will continue their work," Noor told The Associated Press. "Karzai doesn't have the right to replace them, and neither does Abdullah." Also Saturday, NATO announced that two Americans and one service member whose nationality was withheld were killed in separate bombings in the south. That brought to 32 the number of U.S. troops killed this month, according to an Associated Press count. Meanwhile, U.S. and Afghan officials said American troops killed four civilians when they fired on a van approaching their convoy on the main highway in southern Kandahar province. The dead included two women and one child, Kandahar's governor said in a statement. Four others were wounded. The troops "tried repeatedly to signal the fast-approaching vehicle with passive measures, but fearing for their safety, fired on the vehicle," said U.S. military spokesman Lt. j.g. Tommy Groves. NATO expressed its condolences to the families of the dead. Groves said the incident was being investigated and the wounded had been given first aid and taken to a nearby hospital. ___ Associated Press Writers Todd Pitman and Amir Shah contributed to this report. 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