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Afghan News Outlets to Be Censored on Election DayPosted on Aug 18, 2009
Tensions continue to build before Thursday’s presidential election in Afghanistan. After a spate of violence in the capital city of Kabul on Tuesday, including a suicide car bombing that killed at least eight people and wounded 53, the government banned local news outlets from reporting any similar incidents on election day. —KA
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