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Voters in Afghanistan go to the polls 20 August for the nation's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The election is being held in the midst of a war that involves more than 100,000 U.S. and foreign troops battling a Taliban insurgency that controls vast parts of the country. Follow the news leading up to the election and the voting from our special report, Afghan Elections: Challenges of Voting During Wartime.

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