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Defiant Afghans vote despite violence
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-20 19:36
Defiant Afghans vote despite violence
Women queue as they wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Kabul August 20, 2009. Streets in Afghanistan were mainly quiet and tense early on Thursday as Afghans headed to the polls for an anxiously awaited presidential election that Taliban fighters have vowed to disrupt. [Agencies]