Attacks mar Afghan election
Militants kill 26; threats hold down turnout in south
Posted: August 21, 2009 at 6:12 a.m.
An election worker sits near ballot boxes at a polling station in Kabul on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. Insurgents killed 26 Afghans in scattered attacks, but officials said militants failed to disrupt the vote.
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