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Vote Casting formally begins in Laghman (Video)

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14 Jun 2014 - 16:04
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14 Jun 2014 - 16:04

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Ballot process formally started at 7:00 am on Saturday throughout the country.

Long queues of voters are seen waiting for their turn in the Laghman provinces.

According to IEC, around 12 million eligible voters would exercise their right to vote in 6,365 polling stations. At least 400,000 security personnel had been deployed to ensure stringent security measures for the ballot.

For the last several elections, 21 million people in the country obtained their voter cards, with four million of them obtained voter cards in this election.

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