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 people to vote. He's urged Afghans that if they don't vote then the outcome will be someone they don't want and then they, all Afghans, will all lose
Polling stations open
- 20 August 2009
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