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Election officials prepare for Afghan voters at a polling site as voting begins in the Khas Kunar district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. Afghans in the area participated in the nation’s second national election as they came to the polling site to vote for their country’s president.

POLLING SITE

Election officials prepare for Afghan voters at a polling site as voting begins in the Khas Kunar district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. Afghans in the area participated in the nation’s second national election as they came to the polling site to vote for their country’s president.

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