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Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghans defy Taliban threats and vote in parliamentary elections In Baghlan province men and women came out in numbers to vote and created human chains around six polling stations to prevent the entry of suicide bombers. 20/10/2018
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghans vote in parliamentary elections gripped by insecurity Taliban militants have told people not to take part in what they consider a foreign-imposed process and warning election centres may be attacked. 20/10/2018
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban says leader of feared Haqqani network has died Jalaluddin Haqqani founded the Haqqani network, one of the most powerful groups in the Afghan insurgency, in the 1970s. 04/09/2018
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