The Price Of Democracy: Afghan Voters Had Their Fingers Cut Off By Taliban Insurgents!

Innocent Afghan voters had their index fingers chopped off by Taliban insurgents for taking part in the presidential run-off poll.

They maimed 11 voters in Herat province after pledging to punish people taking part in the election – which will decide if former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah or ex-finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai runs the country.

Both candidates have vowed to improve ties with the West and sign a delayed security pact allowing nearly 10,000 US troops to remain in the country for two more years.

Voting in Saturday’s poll was described as ‘relatively peaceful’ despite a series of Taliban attacks that killed 47 people. In one attack, in Samangan province, 11 people in a minibus died when a roadside bomb was detonated. Source: www.metro.co.uk.