Although we detest problems, they are often blessings in disguise. Unknown to you, what you view as a problem today may be the only link with your miracle or breakthrough.....

As a Christian, if you are facing a big problem right now, you should be rejoicing because, one day, you will give your testimony and the whole world will rejoice with you. You are not single out for a problem. You are singled out for a testimony. If there is no problem, there will be no testimony. The challenge you have today is to allow God to convert your problem to a testimony.  

Afghan security forces say they have killed two Taliban insurgents accused of cutting off the ink-stained fingers of a group of elders who voted in Saturday's presidential election.  

The elderly men are recovering after their hands were mutilated

The elderly men were seized after voting in western Herat province, and then mutilated.

All voters must dip a finger into ink to register their ballot.

Although the Taliban vowed to disrupt the run-off poll, they say they had nothing to do with the incident.

Insurgent commander Mullah Shir Agha and one of his officers were killed after a combined police and military operation on Sunday, police said.

Another insurgent believed to have been involved in the recent violence was injured and is in police custody, they said.

The UN's special representative in Afghanistan, Jan Kubis, had condemned the attack on the elderly men saying: "By their vote, they already defeated those who promote terror and violence."

The anti-government armed militants carried out nearly 150 attacks during the runoff presidential election on Saturday.

   

According to interior ministry officials, the attacks were carried out until 2:00 pm local time and preliminary reports suggest at least 99 people were injured following the attacks.

The officials further added that a number of rockets were also fired in capital Kabul early Saturday morning.

Interior minister, Mohammad Omar Daudzai said at least eleven policemen, fifteen Afghan army soldiers and around twenty civilians were killed following the attacks.

Deputy interior minister for security, Gen. Ayub Salangi, earlier said at least 14 civilians were killed during the attacks and nearly 41 others were injured.

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials also said around 121 polling stations remained close in various provinces.

Meanwhile, the Taliban militants group claimed that they have carried out around 639 attacks in various provinces during the runoff voting day.

Afghan presidential frontrunner Abdullah-Abdullah

Voters in Afghanistan go to the polls Saturday, June 14 for the presidential runoff election that is expected to pave the way for the nation’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. But the election comes during a violent insurgency, and Taliban militants are threatening to disrupt the polls.

On 5 November 1918, six days before the cease fire was blown on the west front, held President Woodrow Wilson a power and a prestige that few statesmen before or after him in a similar diplomatic, political and militar situation. Wilson had an edge against both his enemies and connected that made him supreme.  

If the world's foremost democracy went to war the motives must be noble and selfless, morally impeccable. The U.S could not go in the fight for a compromise peace but for an eternal peace, not to move any boundaries but to create an ideal world structure. 

But war with noble and good purposes becomes limitless and devastating. The moral zeal to eradicate all evil and violence can only lead to a morally legitimate exercise of boundless violence. It is only logical that eventually poison the vegetation and hurl bombs from the sky that can harm everyone on the enemy side, for absolute good must win an absolute victory.

Wilson fought for the perfect justice, the perfected world, and then there was no room for compromises. In the peace he created in Paris were prerequisites for any new war. His compatriots continued to pull the crusade, here and there, until they, at least for the moment - got stuck in the Afghan mountains.

Local officials say flooding in northern Afghanistan has killed more than 70 people and left hundreds missing.
Authorities in the Guzirga i-Nur district of Baghlan province say the death toll is likely to climb.
The police chief said many women and children are among the victims.
Massive flash floods caused by torrential rains in northern Afghanistan are common in the spring and primitive villages cannot withstand the force of the flooding.

The defence ministry says that two army helicopters have been deployed to provide assistance - correspondents say the landing difficulties mean it is not clear how they will now be used.