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An Afghan security forces member with ink on his finger sits next to a U.S. member of the International Security Assistance Force as they await results for presidential runoff elections and plan counterinsurgency tactics on Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, June 14, 2014. Black ink on an index finger indicates an Afghan citizen has voted.

AWAITING RESULTS

An Afghan security forces member with ink on his finger sits next to a U.S. member of the International Security Assistance Force as they await results for presidential runoff elections and plan counterinsurgency tactics on Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, June 14, 2014. Black ink on an index finger indicates an Afghan citizen has voted.

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