Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, walks to the ballot boxes before he casts his vote at Amani high school, near the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Afghan voters lined up for blocks at polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation's first democratic transfer of power. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Elections )