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Millions in Afghanistan defy al Qaeda and Taliban death threats to vote

NY Times:

Undeterred by threats from Taliban insurgents and saboteurs, millions of Afghans voted Sunday in the country's first free legislative elections in more than a quarter of a century. It was the last formal step toward Afghanistan's transition to a democratic government after the American-led military ouster of the Taliban nearly four years ago.

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Despite scattered reports of shootings and attempted sabotage that left five people dead during the day and two police officers dead on the eve of the election, the vast bulk of the voting went remarkably smoothly, election officials and international observers said.

Some officials said early assessments showed that the turnout among the 12.4 million Afghans who had registered to vote was about 50 percent, lower than had been hoped. But the officials suggested that the turnout reflected voter confusion over the 5,800 candidates, not intimidation from threats of a major attack from the Taliban, the Islamist extremists who sheltered Al Qaeda here before the American-led invasion evicted them from power.

This is a clear demonstration of the weakness of the al Qaeda/Taliban death cult. Their threats of killing voters were ignored. With hundreds of voting locations their attempts to stop voting look very feeble. Apparently there were move vating locations than there were jihadis who wanted to explode in one. This was a major defeat of Osama bin Laden.