Taliban call for boycott of Afghan polls
July 31, 2009 00:00:00
KANDAHAR, July 30 (AFP): The Taliban demanded Thursday that Afghans boycott August 20 presidential elections and instead "free their invaded country" through holy war.
In a media statement, the Islamist militia ordered its fighters to block all roads on the eve of Afghanistan's second presidential ballot and stop voters from going to polling stations.
"To achieve real independence instead of going to fake election centres, they must go to jihadi trenches.
