By HEIDI VOGT
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban have written threats on leaflets passed out at mosques, whispered them in villages, proclaimed them to journalists and posted on the Internet: If you vote in Saturday’s parliamentary elections, prepare to be attacked.
How many Afghans ignore this intimidation campaign and turn out at the polls will be one measure of whether the vote is considered a success.
The elections – the first since a fraud-ridden presidential poll a year ago – are seen both as a test of the Afghan government’s commitment to rooting out corruption and as a measure of the strength of the insurgency.