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Afghan polls open

2014-06-14 110 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />The final round in Afghanistan's presidential election began at 7a.m. (0230 GMT) on Saturday (June 14) as voters headed for the polls to pick a successor to President Hamid Karzai who has been in power since the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban in 2001.<br/> <br />The vote pits former anti-Taliban fighter Abdullah Abdullah against ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani after neither secured the majority needed to win outright in the first round on April 5.<br/> <br />The winner will inherit an unfinished war and an economy in the doldrums.<br/> <br />Security was ramped up in Kabul on Saturday (June 14) as the polling stations opened.<br/> <br />Armed police searched vehicles and people at checkpoints to ensure security.<br/> <br />None of the eight candidates who contested the first round of the election won more than 50 percent of the vote, leading the two top contenders into Saturday's second-round sh

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