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Afghans wait in line to vote as Afghan police provide security shortly after a polling site opens in the Khas Kunar district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. Afghans in the area participated in the nation’s second national election as they came to vote for their country’s president.

VOTING LINE

Afghans wait in line to vote as Afghan police provide security shortly after a polling site opens in the Khas Kunar district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. Afghans in the area participated in the nation’s second national election as they came to vote for their country’s president.

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