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Afghan Generation Knows Only Conflict As War Turns 18

According to UN figures, 42 percent of Afghanistan's population of 35 million - including this young ice cream street vendor outside Herat - is under the age of 14
Afghan children stand in the debris at a school near the site of a Taliban car bomb attack in Kabul on July 2, 2019, a day after the deadly blast that killed at least six people and wounded dozens, including 50 children
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Independent Election Commission workers place ballot boxes to be taken to a counting centre at a warehouse the day after Afghanistan held presidential elections

Attacks, Fraud Fears Dampen Turnout In Afghan Election

Voter participation in Afghanistan's presidential elections appeared Sunday to have been lower than in previous years, with turnout hit by the threat of attacks, a muted campaign and concerns of fraud.Afghans went to the polls Saturday to vote in the first round of a presidential race that will decide whether President Ashraf Ghani will win a second five-year term.About 9.6 million Afghans in the war-torn nation -- with an estimated population of 35 million -- had registered to vote in the election, which was held at some 4,900 polling stations.
Some 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote, but many have lost any hope that after 18 years of war any leader can unify the fractious country

Security Tight As Afghans Head To Presidential Polls

Afghans headed to the polls amid tight security Saturday as voting got under way in the presidential election, following a bloody campaign that has been marred by repeated attacks across Afghanistan.The Taliban, who already have unleashed a string of bombings, have in recent days issued repeated warnings they intend to attack polling centres and have told voters to stay away."Voting has begun all over the country, and we are glad the people are already in big lines at polling centres waiting to cast their votes," Independent Election Commission spokesman Zabi Sadaat told AFP.

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