Taliban recruit young fighters as attacks rise ahead of Afghan vote
KABUL (Reuters) Taliban insurgents intent on disrupting a run off in the Afghan presidential election have canada goose begun recruiting fighters from radical Islamic schools, and ramped canada goose factory sale up their campaign of violence, officials Canada Goose online and sources say.
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah shakes hands with his supporters during a campaign Canada Goose sale rally in Daykundi province June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Rahmat Gul/Pool
The cheap canada goose uk number of weekly attacks rose by around 10 percent to more than 350 incidents including cheap Canada Goose suicide attacks, gun battles and roadside bombs in the final week of May, according to a Western security firm.
Unlike the first round of voting which took place in April when much of the mountainous country was still covered with snow, millions of Afghans Canada Goose Coats On Sale will head to the polls this time at the Canada Goose Online height of the Taliban fighting season.
The first round was praised as an unexpected success after the Taliban failed to cause major trouble, but the security picture looks more challenging ahead of the June Canada Goose Jackets 14 run off.
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(Taliban) have already started a campaign of suicide and roadside bombings to canada goose uk shop scare people away from voting.
Afghanistan habitually accuses neighbouring uk canada goose Pakistan of sheltering insurgents and not uk canada goose outlet doing enough to weed out militants from its lawless areas straddling the Afghan border.
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have enough fighters and men to stand against the election, said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. have warned people not to take part in the vote because this is an American process, or face consequences.
ARMY SAYS READY TO HIT BACK More than 350,000 security forces were deployed for the first round, and rings of checkpoints and roadblocks around the capital, Kabul, may well have thwarted Taliban plans to hit voters and polling stations.
Despite the dangers they canada goose store faced at polling stations, nearly 60 buy canada goose jacket cheap percent of the 12 million people canadian goose jacket eligible to vote turned out in the first round.
No one claimed a clear majority in the first round. Abdullah Abdullah, a former anti Soviet resistance fighter, finished top with 45 percent, with Ashraf Ghani second with 32 percent.
The election takes place as canada goose uk black friday foreign troops continue to trickle out of Afghanistan after more than a decade of canada goose uk outlet war.
With more than 300,000 Afghan forces again due to provide security, officials have vowed to ensure canada goose coats a safe vote.
Taliban movement and activities have no doubt increased this time and it is designed to disrupt the elections, said Sayeed Waqef Shah, the 205 Army Corps commander for southern Afghanistan.