Taliban Threats Won't Quell Afghanistan's Elections, Says Afghan Media Figure

Taliban forces have attempted to use scare tactics to prevent Afghan citizens from voting in the upcoming presidential elections next week. “I even heard one Taliban threat that said ‘we will cut your finger off if you go to vote’,” Radio Free Afghanistan Director Akbar Ayazi, who will moderate Sunday's presidential debate, says. “These kinds of intimidations and the violence...really affect the elections and its results, but the Afghan government [and] the Afghan nation have decided to vote.” (0:35)
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International Community Commits 20,000 Troops To Secure Afghan Presidential Election

In addition to Afghan police and the national army of Afghanistan, the international community has committed up to 20,000 troops, mostly Americans, to help secure Afghanistan’s 27,000 polling stations during the country's presidential election next Friday, says Akbar Ayazi, Director of Radio Free Afghanistan. (0:27)
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