KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai's rival in a Nov. 7 run-off presidential vote demanded on Monday that Afghanistan's chief election official be sacked, laying out a ultimatum that could complicate the pre-election process.
In one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in years, the NATO-led force said at least seven U.S. soldiers died in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan and four others in a separate mid-air helicopter collision in the south In Kabul, shouting "Down with America", Afghans clashed with police protesting against what participants said was the desecration of a copy of the Koran by foreign troops.
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