PHOTOS: Afghanistan prepares for April 5th presidential election
April 1, 2014
A child pulls a rope which keeps Afghan women in line queuing to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
An Afghan soldier, left, and a police man peek through a window as they queue with others to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
An Afghan man watches the crowd supporting presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah during a campaign rally at a stadium in the northwestern city of Herat on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528559021 )
An Afghan man waits to have his picture taken for his registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
An Afghan woman sits on destroyed school benches as she waits to get her registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
Afghan election workers load a truck with election material at a warehouse in Mazar-i-Sharif before it was sent to different polling stations around Balkh province in northern Afghanistan on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. (FARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528560057 )
Afghan women queue outside a school to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Election )
A child hides under his mother's burqa as women queue to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
An Afghan security man walks past election posters of presidential candidate Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, during a campaign rally in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Eight Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning for the third presidential election. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Election )
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, center, throw confetti towards him as they welcome him during a campaign rally in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Eight Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning for the third presidential election. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan Election )
An Afghan woman with a portrait of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on her scarf listens to his speech during a campaign rally at a stadium in the northwestern city of Herat on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528560345 )
Afghan supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah wait outside a stadium to catch a glimpse of him leaving his campaign rally in the northwestern city of Herat on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528562380 )
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah smiles as a pigeon sits on a tri-colour Afghan flag during a campaign rally at a stadium in the northwestern city of Herat on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528559324 )
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai gestures during an election rally at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528557608 )
An man holds an Afghan flag as he watches a political rally from atop a tree during a campaign stop by Presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul in Bamiyan on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. (Hashmatullah/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528562368 )
Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul attends a political rally in Bamiyan on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. (Hashmatullah/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528562562 )
Afghan women with a child queue to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Election )
Afghan supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah attend his campaign rally at a stadium in the northwestern city of Herat on April 1, 2014. Afghanistan will vote on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) ( 528561218 )
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