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US claims to have thwarted Taliban

By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad, James Lamont in Kabul and Daniel Dombey in Washington

Published: August 17 2009 18:53 | Last updated: August 17 2009 21:09

The US said on Monday that Taliban insurgents had failed in their plan to derail Afghanistan’s elections on Thursday with a wave of violent attacks.

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