JFIFddDuckyGtAhmed Walli, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, prays along with Karzai supporters at an election gathering in Kandahar on August 16, 2009. The Taliban on August 16 for the first time threatened to attack Afghan polling stations, escalating the bid to derail key elections this week after striking NATO in the heart of Kabul. Afghanistan's 17 million voters on August 20 will elect a president for the second time in history, as well as 420 councillors in 34 provinces in a massive operation clouded by insecurity and logistic headaches. 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