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Afghanistan: Blasts Rock Kabul as Afghans Cast Ballots

Afghanistan: Blasts Rock Kabul as Afghans Cast Ballots
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Multiple blasts rocked Afghan polling stations in the capital Kabul as people went to polls in parliamentary elections overshadowed by assassination of candidates.

Several explosions hit polling centers, including a school in the north of the capital, witnesses reported.

Officials said there were "fatalities and injuries" from the explosions which came after the Taliban warned voters to boycott the elections "to protect their lives."

The blasts also happened even as around 70,000 security forces are deployed to protect polling centers across the war-torn country.

Polls opened in most Afghan regions at 7 a.m. local time and will close at 4 p.m., with nearly nine million people eligible to vote in 5,100 polling centers amid heavy security measures across the country.

About 2,450 candidates are competing for places in the 250-seat parliament, according to the Independent Election Commission [IEC].

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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