The Taliban has threatened to launch a fresh wave of violence at next month's presidential run-off in Afghanistan, and urged voters to boycott the poll.
The August vote passed off without major violence, but there were sporadic attacks by Taliban militants.
The warning came as campaigning opened. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai faces Abdullah Abdullah in two weeks' time.
The Afghan electoral commission is trying to stop the widespread fraud that hit the first-round of voting.
It is sacking thousands of corrupt officials, and scrapping polling stations where the fraud was worst.
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