Less than two weeks earlier , Swedish Radio correspondent Nils Horner was shot dead in broad daylight on a Kabul street . Twenty killed in clashes across the country today , Interior Minister says . Lawmaker hails day as ` ` when the people of Afghanistan can go and vote freely '' Voting was extended by an hour in response to high turnout , government official says . It 's the first democratic exercise of presidential power in the country 's turbulent history .
Twenty killed in clashes across the country today , Interior Minister says . Lawmaker hails day as ` ` when the people of Afghanistan can go and vote freely '' Voting was extended by an hour in response to high turnout , government official says . It 's the first democratic exercise of presidential power in the country 's turbulent history .