Voting has begun in Afghanistan's presidential election, which will mark the first democratic transfer of power since the country was tipped into chaos by the fall of the hard-line Islamist Taliban regime in 2001. Amid fears of violence and insecurity, thousands of Afghans lined up at polling centers from early morning to cast their ballots. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Afghan Voters Go To Polls In Presidential Election
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Afghan men wait for to enter a polling center and cast their votes in presidential and provincial-council elections in Kabul on April 5.
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Voters line up in Kabul.
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Kabul
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Voters in Kabul
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Kabul
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Konduz Province
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Konduz Province
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Konduz Province
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Balkh Province
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Kandahar
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Kandahar
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Kandahar
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Kandahar
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Khost
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Kabul
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Workers with the Afghan Independent Election Commission count ballots at a polling station for the presidential elections in Kandahar on April 5.