Afghan elections | FDD's Long War Journal

It’s a ‘religious duty’ to oppose Afghan elections, Taliban says

Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio | October 19, 2018

The Taliban has a released a series of statements threatening the Afghan elections this week. The statements are attributed to three different commissions within the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which operates as a shadow government throughout much of the country.

Taliban calls for attacks to disrupt Afghan elections

Thomas Joscelyn | October 8, 2018

The US wants the Taliban to lay down its arms and recognize the legitimacy of the Afghan government. The State Department has even encouraged the group to “turn their bullets and bombs into ballots” and “vote.” But in a new statement, the Taliban again rejects Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, saying it is a “demand of our faith” that they be “prevented from taking place.”

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