Voting began for Afghan president ,18 contester are running for the presidency with a five-year term

18 contestants  are running for the presidency with a five-year term
Over 9.4 million eligible voters, 35 percent of them women, registered to cast their votes during Saturday’s polling.

KABUL,After Taliban regime The fourth presidential election in Afghanistan
since 2001.Security remains the biggest challenge for the election.
Afghans began voting on Saturday morning in a one-day presidential election to select the country’s new leader for the next five years.
A total of 18 contestants are running for the presidency with a five-year term and among the candidates are sitting President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.
Over 9.4 million eligible voters, 35 percent of them women, registered to cast their votes during Saturday’s polling.
The polling opened at 7:00 a.m. local time (0230 GMT) and will close at 3:00 p.m. (1030 GMT) in the country’s 34 provinces, according to election officials.
The Afghan security forces will provide security for 4,942 out of 5,373 polling centers and the remaining 431 centers located in remote districts will not open on the election day due to security threats, according to election officials.