tiled Kherqi Sharif mosque. U.S.-led forces were called into action at least twice in the south, once during the Uruzgan incident and also on the border between Pakistan and Helmand province, where insurgents attacked an election site just inside Afghanistan on Saturday. The militants fled back into Pakistan when coalition aircraft flew over the area, officials said. Security in Kandahar city was tight, with Afghan police carrying guns guarding polling sites and searching voters, and American soldiers out on foot patrol with local forces. Despite election fever in some areas, the vote was not universally popular across the south, where many prefer the ousted Taliban and its strict interpretation of Islamic laws to a U.S.-backed government backed by thousands of foreign troops.
