Afghan election, 2014

[Famous Mortimer]

Notable candidates:

Abdullah Abdullah: We all know who this is, right?

Quayum Karzai: Current president's brother.

Zalmai Rassoul: Current foreign minister, one of his VP candidates is Ahmed Shah Massoud's brother, the other is a lady.

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf: Terrorist candidate. The guy who initially invited bin Laden to Afghanistan. The terrorist group in the Philippines is named in his honor.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai: Former finance minister and World Bank official. One of his VP candidates is Adbul Rashid Dostum, the former Communist general turned Uzbek warlord.

Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai: Brother of the above.

Abdul Rahim Wardak: Former defense minister who was fired by parliament for being too pro-American/anti-terrorism, basically the neo-con candidate.

[Famous Mortimer]

If Zalmai Rassoul makes the run-off, you can say the elections are rigged.

Otherwise, they are reasonably free.