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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9959

21 August 2009
(eu) eu/afghanistan
Elections reported more peaceful than feared

Brussels, 20/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Despite the anticipated violence, the presidential and provincial elections in Afghanistan took place amid relative calm on Thursday 20 August, despite a wide-scale offensive in the province of Kunduz in the north of the country and many small attacks across the country. The UN Special Representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said at midday that he was "satisfied" to note that the elections were unfolding "rather well", with less violence than he had...