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Today is the final day of campaigning in the run-up to Thursday’s elections in Afghanistan. Some 30 candidates are challenging President Hamid Karzai. Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai’s former foreign minister, is the leading contender to unseat the current president. The elections will take place against escalating violence in the country, and Taliban threats against those who do cast ballots. Afghanistan has some 17 million eligible voters.
In an unprecedented move today, challenger Abdullah Abdullah staged a massive rally in Kabul stadium (see right), a venue formerly used by the Taliban to stage executions. An estimated 10,000 people were in attendance.
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