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Vote count in historic Afghan election

AFP Published April 9, 2014
Afghan workers unload ballot boxes from a helicopter to be taken to a warehouse in Ghazni province.
Afghan workers unload ballot boxes from a helicopter to be taken to a warehouse in Ghazni province.
Afghan workers load ballot boxes into a truck to be taken to a warehouse.
Afghan workers load ballot boxes into a truck to be taken to a warehouse.
An Afghan worker carries ballot boxes from a helicopter to be taken to a warehouse.
An Afghan worker carries ballot boxes from a helicopter to be taken to a warehouse.
Afghan election commission workers transport ballot boxes to be taken to a counting center at a warehouse in Kabul.
Afghan election commission workers transport ballot boxes to be taken to a counting center at a warehouse in Kabul.
Afghan election commission workers carry ballot boxes to be taken to a counting center at a warehouse.
Afghan election commission workers carry ballot boxes to be taken to a counting center at a warehouse.
Afghan election commission workers gather election information from across the country at a counting centre.
Afghan election commission workers gather election information from across the country at a counting centre.
An Afghan election commission worker sits at a computer terminal while election information from all over the country is gathered at a counting centre in Kabul.
An Afghan election commission worker sits at a computer terminal while election information from all over the country is gathered at a counting centre in Kabul.

Vote count has been underway in the historic Afghan presidential election held on Saturday with leading candidates voicing concern that the process was tainted by fraud. Millions had defied Taliban threats and turned out to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai. World leaders had also praised the courage of Afghan voters, who cast their ballots despite bad weather and the Taliban’s violent campaign of intimidation.

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