Afghan voting delayed after assassination

By Rupam Jain and Hamid Shalizi
Updated October 19 2018 - 8:41pm, first published 8:38pm

Saturday's parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar will be delayed by a week after the assassination of one of the country's most powerful security chiefs dealt a stunning blow to the Western-backed government.

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