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Afghans brave Taliban threats to choose a new leader
About 60% of Aghanistan’s eligible voters turned out for the second round of presidential voting despite rocket barrages and other attacks.
Afghan polls open in run-off presidential election
Afghans have lined up to vote in a second-round presidential election despite Taliban threats as US-led combat troops wind down a 13-year war.
Abdullah and Ghani on course for runoff vote in Afghanistan polls
The first snapshot of the Afghanistan elections puts the pair of ex-ministers in the lead. But two minority candidates could decide the final result.
Abdullah: Karzai’s re-election as Afghan leader ‘illegal’
Former presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah accused Hamid Karzai on Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.
Taliban ‘cut off fingers of two Afghan voters’
Afghanistan election monitors are reporting irregularities and violence — including an attack on voters with ink-stained fingers.