Adam Ferguson

Photographs: Afghan Elections: An Uncertain Democracy

Presidential and provincial council elections took place on August 20, 2009 amidst insecurity and Taliban intimidation. After allegations of fraud, a run off election was scheduled for November 7 between favourites Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, however Dr. Abdullah withdrew before the second round and Karzai was named president for second term. For the people of Afghanistan, the struggle of daily went on under an uncertain democracy.

Afghan boys fly kites in a cemetery during the lead up to Afghan presidential elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate and former foreign minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah gather at a rally at the National Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
Children play in front of a campaign billboard for President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
     
  
Afghan security force members remove the bodies of three alleged Taliban from a bank after a shoot out on the day before polling began, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
A market scene during the lead up to Afghan presidential elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
A beggar lays on the street after a political rally by the ethnic Hazara presidential candidate, Ramazan Bashardost, in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan.
     
  
Afghan security force members remove the bodies of three alleged Taliban from a bank after a shoot out on the day before polling began, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
A stretcher and blood stain remain on the ground after an ISAF convoy consisting of Italian military vehicles was targeted in a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six Italian soldiers and 3 civilians were killed in a car bomb attack on an ISAF military convoy.
  
A women injured by a car bomb that was detonated in front of the International Security Force Assistance Force headquarters lays in hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. The explosion killed seven people and wounded ninety-one.
     
  
Afghan women cast ballots at a school used as a polling station during presidential elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
People gather at the door of a house in a camp of Internally displaced people, during the lead up to Afghan presidential elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
An empty restaurant booth in the Karga lake two days after elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan.