Voting for Presidential elections in Afghanistan concludes amidst threat by Taliban

Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security, as Taliban insurgents determined to disrupt the process unleashed a string of attacks on polling centres across the country that killed at least five people.

The first-round vote marked the culmination of a bloody election campaign that despite a large field of candidates is seen as a close race between President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, the country’s chief executive.