Election Day in Afghanistan

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Afghan election workers count ballots after the closing of the polls at a mosque made into a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Afghans voted under the shadow of Taliban threats of violence Thursday to choose their next president for a nation plagued by armed insurgency, drugs, corruption and a feeble government nearly eight years after the U.S.-led invasion.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder

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