Afghan president vows Taliban insurgents will not wreck election

TALIBAN fighters will not wreck Afghanistan’s presidential election today, President Hamid Karzai said last night, after fighters clashed with police in the centre of Kabul and threatened to shut the country’s roads.

“I hope that [today] our countrymen, millions of them will come and vote for country’s stability, for the country’s peace, for the country’s progress,” Karzai said after a small ceremony for the country’s Independence Day holiday.

“Enemies will do their best, but it won’t help.”