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20 August 2009 - 12:02 pm: The people of Afghanistan have begun voting in a historic Presidential election, the first ever organised by Afghan authorities.
20 August 2009 - 11:03 am: Polling is underway in all four provinces of eastern Afghanistan peacefully.
However, some polling centres couldn’t open in a few insecure districts of Nuristan province.
20 August 2009 09:43 am - Afghans, young and old, male and female are queuing up outside polling stations across the country to cast their votes.
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.
20 August 2009 - 09:30 am: People started to queue early this morning in Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul.
20 August 2009 - 08:59 am: UNAMA's media summary from the main Afghan TV news last night is now available. A media blackout on election campaign reporting was in place.