AFGHANISTAN-VOTE

Afghan presidential candidate Abudullah Abdullah (R) greets supporters on the last day of campaigning by presidential candidates as he leaves a political rally in a bullet proof vehicle in the outskirts of Kabul on April 2, 2014 . Some 12 million Afghans go to the polls on April 5 to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and to decide the make-up of 34 provincial councils in elections seen as a benchmark of progress since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. Eight candidates are running in the April 5 presidential election, with a second round run-off between the two leading contenders expected in late May. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)