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Female supporters rally at Kabul's sports stadium for opposition candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Aug. 17, 2009, days before Afghanistan's second presidential election.

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Independent candidate Ramazan Bashardost campaigns in Kabul's main bazaar after a poll was released listing him as the third-place challenger in Afghanistan's Aug. 20 presidential election. Aug. 14, 2009.

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Laborers unload ballot boxes to be counted by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission from trucks at a warehouse on the outskirts of Kabul.

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Following Afghanistan's tense elections candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah presents evidence of ballot stuffing from false ballots sent to him by a contact in southern Afghanistan where Abdullah is alleging massive fraud by incumbent President Hamid Karzai, Aug. 25, 2009.