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Few Attacks On Election Day So Far
-- A bomb blast close to a polling station in southeastern Logar province killed two and injured five more. But polling continues.
-- In Parwan the Taliban targeted a polling station with mortar fire but no casualties reported.
-- In the northern province of Faryab, police arrested a suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosive vest, according to the Afghan interior ministry.
From Radio Free Afghanistan Correspondents
-- A bomb blast close to a polling station in southeastern Logar province killed two and injured five more. But polling continues.
-- In Parwan the Taliban targeted a polling station with mortar fire but no casualties reported.
-- In the northern province of Faryab, police arrested a suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosive vest, according to the Afghan interior ministry.
From Radio Free Afghanistan Correspondents
09:07
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Women voters with children report problems
A Radio Free Afghanistan reporter in Kabul says that a group of women voters told her that election officials berated them for bringing their children to the the ballot stations. The women say that in order to vote they have to bring their kids.
A Radio Free Afghanistan reporter in Kabul says that a group of women voters told her that election officials berated them for bringing their children to the the ballot stations. The women say that in order to vote they have to bring their kids.
09:10
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Sidiq Sidiqi, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, says at least 12 suspected militants have been arrested in Kabul in the last 24 hours.