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Erfanullah Erfan was among the Afghans who voted. His choice fell on outgoing President Ashraf Ghani. RFI / Sonia Ghezali

In Afghanistan, ballots will begin to be collected across the country in the aftermath of the presidential election. Nearly ten million voters were called to speak at the polls. The Taliban warned they would do anything to hinder the electoral process. Several explosions took place in the country.

From our correspondent in Kabul , Sonia Ghezali

Despite the danger, some voters were keen to vote. Eighteen candidates were on the electoral lists, but many voters seem to have come out to support Ashraf Ghani, the president, candidate for his own reelection, or Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive. Erfanullah Erfan shows up at the polling station with a white scarf printed with the portrait of Ashraf Ghani. " I'm not just a fan, I love it, " he says.

A police officer searches him at the entrance, he rushes into the courtyard of the mosque transformed polling time and reappears a few minutes later, the index covered with blue ink.

" When we look at the path of Ashraf Ghani, we see that he studied. I voted for his profile, "says Erfanullah Erfan. At the head of a construction company, this resident of Kabul, like many young people in the country, is sensitive to the CV of the Head of State, a former university professor in Washington for nearly 30 years.

Towards a repeat of 2014

Nazbullah made a different choice. " We can not say that he did nothing for the country, it's true. But I want to see what Abdullah Abdullah can do. Ashraf Ghani ruled for five years. I want to see change, and Abdullah Abdullah can bring it, maybe , "he says.

The two men had dueled in the polls in the second round of the 2014 presidential election . The scenario is likely to be repeated. The suspense will last until October 17, date of the preliminary results of this first round of the presidential election.

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