Afghan President Hamid Karzai casts his vote in Kabul.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai casts his vote during the landmark presidential election in Kabul October 9, 2004. Afghans began voting Saturday in a historic poll which will give the mountainous Islamic nation on the ancient Silk Road its first elected president and perhaps end over a quarter-century of war. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood Pictures of the Month October 2004 AM/FA