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Taliban abduct Afghan election candidate

Mar 31, 2014, 10:11 AM EDT
Pakistani children look at bullet holes at the spot where Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the feared militant Haqqani network, was assassinated outside the Afghan bakery in the Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad on November 11, 2013.
FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images

The abduction comes in the lead-up to critical presidential elections this weekend. Voters will choose a successor for President Hamid Karzai, who has been in power since 2004. The Taliban has issued warnings telling voters not to participate in the ballot.

Background:

Taliban adbuct Afghan election candidate [VOA]

North and South Korea exchange fire across western sea border [BBC]

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