Instead, outside most polling stations there were lines of people waiting to mark their ballot. The suicide attack targeted a school where a polling station was set up. Sayat said for those polling stations which had not opened by 1 p.m., voting would be held on Sunday. He said polling stations, including in the area of the mortar attack, were busy with Afghans casting their ballots. More than 50,000 Afghan security forces are deployed throughout the country to protect 21,000 polling stations.

Source: National Post October 20, 2018 05:05 UTC