Afghans caught between bullets and the ballot box - FRANCE 24

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Afghans caught between bullets and the ballot box

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is favourite to secure a second term in next week's presidential poll. But five years after Karzai's first election, Afghans prepare to vote again in a country plagued by the worst violence since the fall of the Taliban.

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Our guests today are Guillaume Meyer, FRANCE 24's Washington correspondent, and Jon Boone, the Guardian's correspondent in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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