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The Taliban have kidnapped eight Afghan election officials and 10 campaign workers ahead of weekend polls on Friday. They were kidnapped last night by the Taliban, the head of the Independent Election Commission in northwestern Bagdhis province, Abdul Rahman, told a foreign news agency. Afghanistan is due to go to the polls on Saturday to elect 249 members of the lower house of parliament, in a poll the militants have promised to disrupt with violence and intimidation.
