Voting has begun in Afghanistan's presidential election, which will mark the first democratic transfer of power since the country was tipped into chaos by the fall of the hard-line Islamist Taliban regime in 2001. Amid fears of violence and insecurity, thousands of Afghans lined up at polling centers from early morning to cast their ballots. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Afghan Voters Go To Polls In Presidential Election
![Afghan men wait for to enter a polling center and cast their votes in presidential and provincial-council elections in Kabul on April 5.](https://gdb.rferl.org/19dbbfaa-7192-41a3-8bdf-bb9e62496425_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan men wait for to enter a polling center and cast their votes in presidential and provincial-council elections in Kabul on April 5.
![Voters line up in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/dada9bca-7f02-4e67-994f-ea64cbaa9738_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Voters line up in Kabul.
![Kabul](https://gdb.rferl.org/2f3f0bc8-7b98-4ec9-9d09-675f268a761a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kabul
![Voters in Kabul](https://gdb.rferl.org/597126c7-f1c4-4a39-9223-1b4b92fdb587_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Voters in Kabul
![Kabul](https://gdb.rferl.org/94479ee4-3856-461a-acf4-a5d6ceb042b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kabul
![Konduz Province](https://gdb.rferl.org/9146e709-75d2-4e02-bdf9-66d4343c6e6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Konduz Province
![Konduz Province](https://gdb.rferl.org/f8aec684-0239-4dbe-ac53-25c99662d895_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Konduz Province
![Konduz Province](https://gdb.rferl.org/ca2b5003-71da-45c3-8493-f46febed8ef4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Konduz Province
![Balkh Province](https://gdb.rferl.org/0f3a7889-cc0e-4454-a915-d734fa6153d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Balkh Province
![Kandahar](https://gdb.rferl.org/97f6204f-e716-4f5f-9ab2-aa09d159b8f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kandahar
![Kandahar](https://gdb.rferl.org/6764533b-34a0-4ba7-86d8-ff1dc2a09bc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kandahar
![Kandahar](https://gdb.rferl.org/a370a1d8-0ae2-467c-8a32-4f5bab65b886_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kandahar
![Kandahar](https://gdb.rferl.org/8900c72d-cfc0-4de4-94bb-8cf59ed080fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kandahar
![Khost](https://gdb.rferl.org/b10def21-cd6f-43f4-b52e-3ea97553d51e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Khost
![Kabul](https://gdb.rferl.org/24f29af4-c577-46e6-beda-0e8d9d508802_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kabul
![Workers with the Afghan Independent Election Commission count ballots at a polling station for the presidential elections in Kandahar on April 5.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4243e44a-dc54-485c-a685-578aa3c0ed30_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers with the Afghan Independent Election Commission count ballots at a polling station for the presidential elections in Kandahar on April 5.