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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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A police officer mans a machine gun on a street corner a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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A police officer frisks a motorcyclist at a check point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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A police officer frisks a motorcyclist at a check point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a polling station in Panjshir valley in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)
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A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a polling station in Panjshir valley in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)
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Polling materials are delivered to a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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A police officer checks out a ballot box after they are delivered at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Polling materials are stashed in a corner as people pray at a mosque that will serve as a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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A poll worker carries ballot boxes to a mosque tat will serve as a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Police officers and poll workers check the seals on poll materials as they are delivered to a polling center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Police officers carry election materials to a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Afghans go past numerous posters of candidates contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Policemen frisk commuters at a checkpoint set up as a security measure a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Policemen frisk commuters at a checkpoint set up as a security measure a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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An injured Afghan girl is treated at a hospital after she was injured when a bomb concealed in a bicycle exploded in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)
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A cycle in which a bomb were concealed is seen after it exploded injuring four people in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)
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An injured Afghan passerby is treated at a hospital in Herat after a vehicle being used by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission hit a roadside bomb in Adraskan district in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The election workers inside in the vehicle were not injured, said IEC chief Anal Rahman Rodwal. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged citizens to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election despite fears of violence and threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)
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A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a polling booth in Panjshir valley in Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will elect the lower house of its parliament on September 18. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)
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Afghans unload ballot materials from a truck outside a polling station on the eve of the parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, May. 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary election as the Taliban have warned of countrywide attacks on Saturday targeting voters and election workers. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
