A burqa-clad Afghan woman casts her vote at a polling station in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, August 20, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters]
![A burqa-clad Afghan woman casts her vote at a polling station in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, August 20, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090821/000bcdb95f1d0bf83d7d10.jpg "A burqa-clad Afghan woman casts her vote at a polling station in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, August 20, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters]")