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Afghan voters defy Taliban threats
Afghans voted to choose a new president and provincial councillors. Presidential ballots went into the green box, provincial ballots into the brown box [AFP]
Published On 20 Aug 2009
20 Aug 2009
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Afghans cast their ballots in 6,500 polling stations across the country on Thursday, despite Taliban threats to attack voters [AFP]
Lengthy ballot papers list 41 presidential candidates and feature their pictures to help illiterate Afghans. A number of candidates have pulled out of the race since the ballots were printed [AFP]
Voters must present identity cards and have their fingers marked with indelible ink to prevent them from casting multiple ballots [AFP]
Heavy security had been put in place in an attempt to protect voters for attack [EPA]
However, there were still fears that turnout would be low after mortars and rockets were fired at a number of polling stations on election day [AFP]
Hamid Karzai, the incumbent president and favourite to finish in front after the polls, urged Afghans to defy the violence and vote [AFP]
Hamid Karzai, the incumbent president and favourite to finish in front after the polls, urged Afghans to defy the violence and vote [AFP]
Hamid Karzai, the incumbent president and favourite to finish in front after the polls, urged Afghans to defy the violence and vote [AFP]