Ambassador Warns of More Afghan Violence

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Four people, including two boys, were killed by mines in the latest violence in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, and the U.S. ambassador warned that militants are likely to try to subvert legislative balloting in September.

"As we get closer to the elections, they are likely to intensify their efforts to ... derail the elections," Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said in the capital, Kabul.

"We have a good plan in place to deal with" the threat, he said, without elaborating.



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