Front runners each claim victory in Afghan elections 

The World

Afghans went to the polls on Saturday to vote in presidential elections. This election is different in many ways. It is marked by unprecedented violence and is coming on the heels of a peace deal that didn’t happen. The World’s Shirin Jaafari has the story. 

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