KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen shot and killed the head of the Independent Election Commission in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, a day after he warned that deteriorating security threatened next year's presidential elections.
Amanullah Aman began his work during the first presidential election in 2004. He was the commission's first member to be assassinated since it started work in May.
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