A female election worker waits for the polls to open as voters queue up in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 2004.

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A female election worker waits for the polls to open as voters queue up in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 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
Photo credit: © Asia File / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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