Afghanistan will soon choose its next president. Whoever emerges victor will be ...
KABUL - Afghanistan will soon choose its next president. Whoever emerges victor will be key to the war-ravaged nation’s search for peace, but must beat more than a dozen other candidates and possibly face a run-off if no one gets a majority in round one.
Roughly 9.6 million people, about a third of them women, have registered to vote in 5,373 polling centers. Yet about one in twelve of those centers may not open because of security threats. If there is a second round, it is set to take place within two weeks of the first round results announcement.
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