Afghan Candidates Pledge Peace, Prosperity Amid Violence
![Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, sitting atop a vehicle, arrives for an election campaign in Panjshir province, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5bfd81e8-ee6b-4bea-b801-6b7283bd244f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, sitting atop a vehicle, arrives for an election campaign in Panjshir province, March 31, 2014.
![Presidential candidate Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf gestures as he talks to supporters at an election campaign rally in Kandahar, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1961768-93b0-4fa0-b674-693c1d87e2f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Presidential candidate Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf gestures as he talks to supporters at an election campaign rally in Kandahar, March 31, 2014.
![Afghan men pass an election poster showing presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadza in the center of Kandahar, March 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bbf816ea-d457-4765-a000-a299ef18af7a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan men pass an election poster showing presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadza in the center of Kandahar, March 31, 2014.
![A woman walks past a wall with graffiti encouraging the public to vote in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/575ee260-3e9e-49d3-b691-b47fd80286f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks past a wall with graffiti encouraging the public to vote in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2014.
![Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (left) and his first vice-presidential candidate, Ahmad Zia Massoud (right) speak on a plane en route to Kabul, March 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b7bfb06-2189-4bd3-868a-59317f0204d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (left) and his first vice-presidential candidate, Ahmad Zia Massoud (right) speak on a plane en route to Kabul, March 30, 2014.
![A supporter of presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, center, waves two Afghan national flags during a campaign rally in Herat, March 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/311390f8-5f22-4778-9915-12a534934cfb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, center, waves two Afghan national flags during a campaign rally in Herat, March 30, 2014.
![The deeply conservative, all-male crowd at Afghanistan's Kandahar stadium watch as vice-presidential candidate, Habiba Sarabi, in a headscarf stood up and reached for the microphone, Kabul, March 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e173958f-4891-4ebc-8d7e-57044ddb91bd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The deeply conservative, all-male crowd at Afghanistan's Kandahar stadium watch as vice-presidential candidate, Habiba Sarabi, in a headscarf stood up and reached for the microphone, Kabul, March 17, 2014.