The campaign for Afghanistan's April 5 presidential election has gotten under way. Colorful signs, billboards, and posters have gone up around the country. Eleven candidates are vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai. (Photos by RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, Sabawoon)
Afghanistan's Presidential Campaign Signs
1
Former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf is promising to strengthen the rule of law and to fight corruption.
2
A fruit vendor's stall in the eastern city of Jalalabad is decorated with campaign posters belonging to presidential candidate Gul Agha Sherzai.
3
Former Afghan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak displays his military background to lure voters.
4
A poster touting the candidacy of former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf.
5
Posters glued to concrete barriers in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
6
Former finance minister and World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai promises a self-sufficient Afghanistan.
7
A campaign poster for the candidate Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister.
8
Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah promises reforms.