Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote KABUL, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists.

"We are against it and will try with the best of our ability to block it. Our first targets will be the foreign forces and next the Afghan ones. So we are asking people to not take part," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.