Election Day in Afghanistan

Afghani presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah shows his finger marked with paint before casting his ballot at a polling station in Kabul, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Dima Gavrysh / AP

The Man Who Would Be King
Afghani presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah shows his finger marked with paint before casting his ballot at a polling station in Kabul. Abdullah called it a "day of change, a day of hope."

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