Afghan Vote Goes Ahead Despite Violence

Afghans went to the polls Saturday to decide whether former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani or former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah will be the next president of their war-ravaged nation. Despite ongoing violence, voters in Kabul streamed past heavy security to cast their ballots. The explosions started in early morning, rocking different neighborhoods of Kabul. But the renewed violence did not stop thousands of people in the capital from heading to their local polling...

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