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Jerome Starkey

Afghanistan: Soldiers fire 'road rage' rocket at Nato

Afghan troops fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Nato convoy in an apparent "road rage" incident on Kabul's busiest highway, it has been revealed

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Both sides in Afghanistan election claim clear victory

Two frontrunners in the Afghanistan election both claimed victory amid mounting evidence that the poll was marred by intimidation and fraud

WORLD: Afghans defy the Taliban rockets to vote for ‘peace and security’

Hundreds of people defied Taliban threats and rocket attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province

The Taliban won't stop us from voting, say defiant Afghanis

Hordes of Taliban gunman are fighting just outside the city, but people in Lashkar Gah are defying insurgent threats by promising to vote in tomorrow's election

On election eve, weary Afghans make do as Taliban keeps up the carnage

The Taliban cast their long shadow over preparations for the Afghan election when a suicide bomber killed at least seven people in Kabul

Truces agreed with Taliban for election day

The Afghan government has agreed local 24-hour ceasefires with the Taliban for Thursday's presidential elections

WORLD: Karzai 'spending his way to victory in Afghanistan'

Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai is facing claims he is trying to 'buy' himself a second term in the country's elections next week


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