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 Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters 
(Agencies) 
 
Updated: 2009-08-22 15:27 
 
 KABUL: An Afghan vote monitoring group says Taliban militants in Afghanistan's south cut off the fingers of two Afghan voters, carrying out a gruesome pre-election threat. 
 Nadery says the two fingers sliced off had been dipped in purple indelible ink, an anti-fraud measure. Rumors that militants would cut fingers off spread before Thursday's presidential vote. However, a Taliban spokesman said militants would not carry out such attacks.  |