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Afghans Head To Polls Despite Violence
Afghans chose between two former government ministers in a presidential election that will be the first transfer of power by ballot in Afghanistan's history.
The winner of Saturday's balloting, as Arab News puts it, "will inherit an unfinished war and an economy in the doldrums."
Abdullah Abdullah, an ophthalmologist and former foreign minister, is the presumptive frontrunner, earning 45 percent of the vote in April's first round of voting.
Former finance minister and World Bank official Ashraf Ghani, who earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University, is the only other name on the ballot. Ghani held 32 percent of the vote in April.
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In A First, Afghanistan Is Set To Change Leaders At The Ballot Box