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A girl smiles as she walks after visiting the Sakhi shrine in Kabul March 26, 2014.
A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul carries chairs as he prepares for an election rally in Panshir, northern Afghanistan, March 28, 2014. Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5.
An Afghan woman carries her crying child as she queues to receive her voter card at a voter registration centre in Kabul March 30, 2014. The Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5.
An Afghan woman looks into a compact mirror as she waits to receive her voter card at a voter registration centre in Kabul March 30, 2014. Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5.
An Afghan woman waits to receive her voter card at a voter registration centre in Kabul March 30, 2014. Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5.
An Afghan woman enjoys a ride with her son at an amusement park in Mazar-i-Sharif April 4, 2014. The Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5.
Afghan women wait to cast their ballots at a polling station in Mazar-i-Sharif April 5, 2014. Voting began on Saturday in Afghanistan's presidential election, which will mark the first democratic transfer of power since the country was tipped into chaos by the fall of the hardline Islamist Taliban regime in 2001.
An Afghan woman looks through a window as another is about to cast her ballot at a polling station in Mazar-i-Sharif April 5, 2014. Voting began on Saturday in Afghanistan's presidential election, which will mark the first democratic transfer of power since the country was tipped into chaos by the fall of the hardline Islamist Taliban regime in 2001.
Shukria Barakzai, journalist and candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, meets people in Chilstone district in Kabul. Shukria Barakzai (R), a journalist and candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, meets people in the Chilstone district in Kabul August 22, 2005. Four U.S. soldiers were killed and three wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on Sunday as they were trying to clear militants from an area before an election next month, the U.S. military said.
Burqa-clad Afghan women travel in a taxi in Kabul, December 31, 2009.
An Afghan woman is seen through the window of a bus in Kabul August 17, 2005. Campaigning for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections officially got underway on Wednesday, a month before polls that the Taliban have vowed to disrupt. The sign above in Arabic reads "whatever God wills."
Neema Suratgar Formule, a candidate in upcoming elections, campaigns in Karte Now at the old city in Kabul. Neema Suratgar Formule (L), deputy president of the Afghan Basketball Federation and a candidate in Afghanistan's upcoming elections, campaigns in Karte Now at the old city in Kabul August 28, 2005. People on the battle-scarred streets of the Afghan capital are keen to vote in the U.N.-backed elections next month, with many hoping a new generation of politicians can ensure peace and security. Kabul is going to be a main election battleground with 33 seats in the 249-seat lower house. Women have been reserved 68 lower-house seats and a quarter of seats on provincial councils.
Afghan man performs ablution before prayers at Band-E-amir in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan August 31, 2005. The city of Bamiyan is rich with history dating back to the 3rd Century when the first Buddhist monks travelled from India. Its centrepiece was two giant Buddhas carved out of pink sandstone cliffs by devotees in the third or fourth centuries. The statues awed travellers across central Asia for hundreds of years, until the Taliban's Islamist fighters destroyed them in 2001, defying international pleas to respect one of the world's great historical sites.
Afghan schoolgirl goes to the front of the class at the Bariky Chaedam primary school in the outskirts of Bamiyan. An Afghan schoolgirl goes to the front of the class at the Bariky Chaedam primary school in the outskirts of Bamiyan August 31, 2005. Women were banned from studying during the Taliban regime.
An Afghan teacher assists his student during a class at the Bariky Chaedam primary school in the outskirts of Bamiyan August 31, 2005.
Afghan girls watch white kites flown in the sky during a demonstration against poverty in Afghanistan in Kabul. Afghan girls watch white kites flown in the sky during a demonstration against poverty in Afghanistan at Nader Khan hill in Kabul September 13, 2005. Children from local NGO Asciana highlight the need for world leaders to continue assisting Afghanistan in ensuring they and other children have greater access to education, health facilities and are free from poverty.
U.S soldiers from Task Force TF Yukon stand as a Chinook CH-47F transport helicopter prepares to land at FOB Salerno, Afghanistan, December 2, 2009. The top U.S. battlefield commander said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's 30,000-strong troop increase for the Afghan war would make a huge difference, as the White House prepared to sell the new strategy to Congress.
A girl stands near an Afghan army soldier at Shadal village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, December 7, 2009.
An Afghan villager walks during a patrol by U.S army soldiers from Task Force Denali 92 MP at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province, Afghanistan December 11, 2009.
A U.S Army soldier from Task Force Denali Battle team 1-40 CAV stands near Afghan villagers during a patrol at Shembawut village in Khowst province December 14, 2009.
An Afghan villager looks through a gun while a U.S. Army soldier from Task Force Denali Battle team 1-40 CAV patrols at Shembawut village in Khowst province December 14, 2009.
A U.S. Army soldier from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV fire a 60mm mortar towards the mountain while Afghan army soldiers cover their ears during a patrol at Nadir-Chawcod district in Khowst province December 16, 2009.
An Afghan villager watches U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV as they patrol next to a police station at Manzai village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, December 19, 2009.
Afghan national army soldiers stand by as Afghan villagers pull their cow during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV at Manzai village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, December 19, 2009.
An Afghan seller is reflected on the window of his shop as he watches U.S. army soldiers from Task Force TF Yukon 1-40 CAV at Wilderness Fob in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 12, 2009.