Taleban rebels have shot dead seven people carrying voter cards ahead of the Afghan parliamentary elections on Sunday, local officials say. The killings took place when a vehicle was ambushed in central Uruzgan province on Tuesday. A Taleban spokesman said they carried out the attack but that the men were policemen, not civilians. The Taleban oppose the polls and have stepped up violence, with about 1,200 people killed in the past six months.Full Story