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KABUL - Journalists in the eastern city of Jalalabad have ruled out any possibility of large-scale post-election violence as preliminary results of last week’s presidential and provincial council elections are starting to…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council has welcomed the holding of Afghanistan’s “historic” presidential and provincial council elections, while condemning the actions of those who sought to disrupt the 20 August…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top envoy to Afghanistan have congratulated the people of the fledgling democracy on today’s presidential and provincial council elections, and paid tribute to all those who…

KABUL - Throughout the day UNAMA staff across the country reported on the elections as millions of Afghans voted. Click below for a selection of photos and radio and TV reports.

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide has said that holding the elections was a big achievement for Afghans. The deteriorating security situation across the country had been considered the major…

KABUL - UN envoy Kai Eide has visited one of the polling stations in Kabul at the Zarghona High School in the Qala-i-Fatullah area of the city. Pictures of the SRSG at the polling station During the visit, Mr Eide said: “I am…

KABUL - The top candidates in Thursday's presidential elections in Afghanistan have voted early, in an effort to motivate the electorate to show up at the polls. Incumbent president and front-runner Hamid Karzai was the first…

KABUL - Polling stations are opening across the country now. On one of Afghanistan's leading TV stations a live election show is already underway. Farhad Darya, probably Afghanistan's most popular singer, is appealing for…

20 August 2009 - 12:01 am: Afghanistan votes today in historic presidential and provincial council elections. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has encouraged all Afghans to vote in the name of the “peace and…

Elections 2009 - The UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has urged Afghans to vote and called on groups threatening violence to allow their fellow Afghans to choose their future leader. Mr Eide added that when the…

KABUL - The huge logistical operation for the elections has been massive from 36 million ballot papers to more than 3,000 donkeys. Read some of the key statistics on the elections. Printed presidential ballot papers: 18,030…

KABUL - On Election Day UNAMA will have ten photographers deployed across the country led by world renowned photo-journalist Tim Page. Follow the day in pictures online. UNAMA Photos: The campaign so far in 500 pictures