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
![Former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf is promising to strengthen the rule of law and to fight corruption.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e29782ce-860b-4ea8-9410-4ed4d3e8caa2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf is promising to strengthen the rule of law and to fight corruption.
![A fruit vendor's stall in the eastern city of Jalalabad is decorated with campaign posters belonging to presidential candidate Gul Agha Sherzai.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3f15edf3-c200-45d8-930d-888e4e01581c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fruit vendor's stall in the eastern city of Jalalabad is decorated with campaign posters belonging to presidential candidate Gul Agha Sherzai.
![Former Afghan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak displays his military background to lure voters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6629eae5-fcf1-4164-a031-0f304db59a45_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former Afghan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak displays his military background to lure voters.
![A poster touting the candidacy of former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b182cae7-d684-415c-93f9-7ab6fa9f311a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A poster touting the candidacy of former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf.
![Posters glued to concrete barriers in the Afghan capital, Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/092f7fda-b05b-4d6c-8104-f09ff94bddf5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Posters glued to concrete barriers in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
![Former finance minister and World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai promises a self-sufficient Afghanistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d8eb4d22-0b7e-4da2-b334-6291089bbd16_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former finance minister and World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai promises a self-sufficient Afghanistan.
![A campaign poster for the candidate Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bc455fa2-d7da-4069-bfa1-bb11035ced89_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A campaign poster for the candidate Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister.
![Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah promises reforms.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ea703c79-bc60-4b30-853e-d58401221543_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah promises reforms.