NEWS: Explosion Reported at Afghan Voting Center, page 1
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Topic started on 8-10-2004 @ 11:10 PM by Banshee
On the day of the first ever direct Preisdential election in Afghanistan, an explosion has reportedly taken place at a voting center in Mazar-e-Sharif. Officials have thus far denied that a bombing had taken place. This may have been a truck that caught on fire, according to some reports.



news.com.au
A BOMB exploded at a polling station in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif early today, a Western official said, shattering what had been a relatively calm start to Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

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AP
A Western official said on condition of anonymity that a bomb had gone off at a polling station in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, but peacekeeping officials and the governor in control of the town said no such bombing had occurred.


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At this moment, there is no confirmation whether there was an actual bombing or not.

Details to follow . . .


[edit on 8-10-2004 by Banshee]


reply posted on 8-10-2004 @ 11:28 PM by Hellmutt
www.theaustralian.news.com.au...


They probably won´t tell us until this election is over.

Kind of like every time there is a big blast some place, someone quickly rush in to claim:
"This was NOT a terrorist attack" almost before the debris hit the ground.
I´ve seen that more than once...

[edit on 2004/10/9 by Hellmutt]

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