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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.
20 August 2009 - 08:45 am: People in Mazar started to reach the polling stations from 06:45 am. After 30 minutes of delay due to the late positioning of the local observers the first voters started to use their democratic right by 07:30 am.
20 August 2009 - 08:20 am: Member of Parliament Fawzia Koofi has just been live on BBC World Service saying the people are shaping their future.
20 August 2009 - 07:50am: At Bamyan’s Sayed Abad Girl’s High School Governor Habiba Sarabi was the first to vote at a women’s polling station. She said that as a citizen she came to vote, it was her right and responsibility.