Afghan Voters Defiant in Face of Taliban Threats
(WorldNews Asia)

Voters are lined up to cast their ballots in polling stations across Afghanistan despite repeated threats from Taliban, including a new one Saturday morning, that they would attack all polling stations. In capital Kabul, voters struck a defiant tone. `We are not afraid of threats because we want to build our country. Today we had a lot of threats, but we are still here to vote,` said Fariba, a female voter in Kabul. In other parts of the country, officials seemed confident about the safety measures they had taken. `The security measures are all in place. We have a really good coordination with the security forces,` said Mohammad Rasul Omar, the head of...