The Taliban's Strategy and the Elections

"I wonder what the Taliban's strategy for these elections is. I am guessing it is one of highly calculated violence. Because I am pretty sure they do not want Abdullah Abdullah to win, yet the places in which the Taliban and the Haqqani Network can sow the most chaos -- the South, the East -- are those areas in which a real drop in voter turnout could hurt Karzai's chances for victory in either round."
Abu Muqawama