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Afghanistan Delays Election In Kandahar After Attack That Killed Police Chief

The rest of the country will vote Saturday. But one journalist says that after a gunman pulled off a surprise attack in Kandahar, "there's a huge security vacuum, people are very nervous and worried."

Afghanistan will wait an extra week to hold elections in Kandahar, the large province where a killed the powerful police chief on Thursday. The violence came just two days before Afghan voters are slated to elect members of

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