Women show their thumbs and identity cards after casting their vote at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 9, 2004.

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Women show their thumbs and identity cards after casting their vote at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 9, 2004. The interim president of the Afghan Transitional Authority, Hamid Karzai, won Afghanistan's first direct presidential election, held on October 9, 2004.

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Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
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