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Afghanistan's historic election

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Afghans head to the polls this weekend in the second round of their presidential election. It's slated to be the first democratic transition in Afghanistan's history, and the race is down to two candidates. Abdullah Abdullah is the country's former foreign minister, and came in second in the country's last presidential election in 2009. He won the first round of the election in the beginning of April, and is originally from the capital Kabul. His opponent is AshrafGhani, Afghanistan's former finance minister. He's from Logar in the eastern part of the country.

We look at the Afghan election, and what the results may mean for the country's development. Our guests:

Casey Morell left Global Journalist in December, 2014.
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