Polls in a presidential election close in Afghanistan amid accusations of flawed voting and low voter turnout
An Afghan security man stands guard while people line up to cast their votes at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 28, 2019.
If no candidate gets 51 percent of the vote, a second round will be held between the two leading candidates.Earlier today, a series of blasts were reported across Afghanistan as voters headed to the polls and troops flooded the streets of the capital amid security concerns and Taliban threats to disrupt the balloting process.
In recent months, the Taliban, who unleashed a string of bombings during the two-month campaign, issued repeated warnings that they intend to attack polling centres. The leading contenders are incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and his partner in the 5-year-old unity government, Abdullah Abdullah, who already alleges power abuse by his opponent.
Authorities said 431 polling centers would stay closed because it was impossible to guarantee their security since they were either in areas under Taliban control or in which militants could threaten nearby villages.
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