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Afghanistan goes to the polls. Words and photos by Hugh Sykes.

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Eddie Mair | 12:20 UK time, Friday, 21 August 2009

Here are some photgraphs from Hugh in Kabul to match the Afghan election voices in his report on PM last night.

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"Election poster explaining the procedure.


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Voters arriving at a women's polling station.


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Democracy with a smile.


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Peyruz (left) and Samiullah, aged 60 and 72, they think.


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Tamina Saki and her medical student niece Sarah Safi.


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Dr. Tajuddin Millatmal and his sister Khoar Bibi. Dr. Millatmal says there was no one at the polling station to help his sister in her own language, Pashtu. He is a fluent English speaker, his sister is illiterate. He readily acknowledged how strange, and offensive, that
is. He told me he has opened a village school where girls and boys can both get educated.


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Kabul family and election posters.


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Kabul kebab stall and election poster.


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Kabul bookseler, Turaj Mohammed Rais, who told us on PM earlier this
week "this is not a real election - people vore for who they're told
to vote for".


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Crossroads in Kabul city centre. A strong smell of sewage. Evidence of
neglect until it's fixed. Where has the $62 billion of aid money gone?
Maybe that's what this question mark means:"
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