Afghan elections: polls close as ballots begin to get counted

Fuente: 
The Express Tribune
Fecha de publicación: 
05 Abr 2014

The voting phase of Afghan presidential elections has drawn to a close.

The polls come at a time of increased uncertainty for the central Asian nation as American troops look to withdraw from a 13-year occupation that began after the 9/11 attacks. President Hamid Karzai, who has led Afghanistan since the American occupation, is bound by term limits, and will step down after this term is completed. The build up to the election has been marred by violence as the Taliban stepped up its campaign to dissuade Afghans from voting in an election that, it thinks, is a sham.

 

Source/Fuente: http://tribune.com.pk/story/691722/afghan-elections-live-updates/