The fraud-tainted Afghan election that cost a large slice of credibility for current president Hamid Karzai is to go to a second round, it was decided today.

THE Taliban are cutting the inked fingers off voters following the Afghan election in an effort to intimidate citizens from participating in any second round of presidential voting, EU ministers were told.

The commission charged with investigating fraud in Afghanistan’s presidential election says it has now received more than 550 complaints serious enough to affect the outcome of the poll if proved true.

The US military has launched a new operation in Afghanistan involving thousands of troops to provide security during presidential elections.