Aghanistan Prepares To Hold National Elections Tomorrow

Who's Running? The Candidates Vying To Be Afghanistan's Next President -- Euan McKirdy, CNN

(CNN) -- Afghan voters will go to the polls on April 5 in what could be one of the most significant presidential elections in the country's turbulent history.

The third election since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, it marks the first democratic handover of power in the fragile country, with incumbent Hamid Karzai -- who is constitutionally bound to step down -- handing over the reins.

With NATO troops scheduled to pull out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, and following the refusal of Karzai to sign a bilateral agreement -- the so-called Status of Forces Agreement -- with the U.S. to keep some troops in-country, Afghan security is in the hands of the next man to be sworn in.

Read more ....

More News On Tomorrow's Afghan Elections

Voters in Afghanistan prepare for first democratic transition; vote set for Saturday -- Washington Times
Huge security as Afghan presidential election looms -- BBC
Stakes High As Afghans Prepare To Cast Presidential Ballots -- Radio Free Europe
Fears of Violence, Fraud Cloud Afghan Presidential Election -- Voice of America
Defiant Afghan Youths Vital to the Vote -- WSJ
Afghans determined to vote in presidential poll -- Deutsche Welle
Afghans see hope in chance to choose new leader -- Washington Post/AP
Women Playing an Unusually Public Role in Afghan Elections -- WSJ
Eastern Afghanistan Faces Worst of Election-Related Violence -- WSJ
Security measures make Kandahar a ghost town ahead of Afghan vote -- Reuters
Price of a voter card in Afghanistan? Taliban offer $5 -- Reuters
Afghans set to defy the Taliban in presidential vote -- BBC
Three men dominate Afghan election race -- Sydney Morning Herald
Afghan elections: Frontrunner denies he is Hamid Karzai's placeman -- The Telegraph
Karzai Is Trying to Keep His Sway After Term Ends -- New York Times
What Will Karzai's Legacy Be In Afghanistan? -- Amanda Scott, VOA
Afghan election could reset US-Kabul relations -- Washington Post/AP
Life-or-Death Afghan Vote Tests Taliban Battle on Democracy -- Bloomberg Businessweek
6 Things We'll Be Watching During Afghanistan's Election -- Huffington Post
One of these men will lead Afghanistan -- Jean MacKenzie, Global Post
Don't expect Afghanistan to change with this list of presidential candidates -- Massoumeh Torfeh, The Guardian
Afghan elections: What is at stake in 5 April vote -- BBC
Afghanistan's election: Who's next after Karzai? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor