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Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters

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Source: AP

Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters
(AP) – 7 hours ago

KABUL — An Afghan vote monitoring group says Taliban militants in Afghanistan's south cut off the fingers of two Afghan voters, carrying out a gruesome pre-election threat.

Nader Nadery of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan says Saturday two voters in southern Kandahar province — the Taliban's spiritual birthplace — lost their fingers.

Nadery says the two fingers sliced off had been dipped in purple indelible ink, an anti-fraud measure, but one that identified voters to militants in dangerous, insurgent-held areas.

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