Today the United States praised afghanistan for a successful president ial election. The white house called the vote an important milestone and commended the Afghan People. 7 million voters showed up, making turn out nearly 60 , almost double the last election. Violence didnt erupt as expected, scatter attacks killed 20. We have more on the first true attempt at democracy the queues started forming well before kabuls polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to tart the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000 year history this election marked the first democratic transfer of power. People here have been eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the taliban. For me, i dont have a threat from taliban or im not afraid of them. 12 million were eligible to vote. In parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations were closed. This is where people queue up, dipping their finger in indelible ink. They pick up a ballot paper, go into the privacy
Billion people. The Worlds Largest vote is happening in india. Two decades ago humanity showed its worst, nearly a Million People butchered in rwanda, cut downly match eties as a country turned on itself. There are vijuals and ceremonies honouring all that was lost in 1994. The frame of remembrance making its way across rwanda. A plane with the president in it, 20 years ago today, was shot down. Translation im here to ask god to treat me well. It triggered a gepp sigh, and to genocide, and to ask that it never happen again. People gathered in a Catholic Church to honour the rwandans killed there. Members of the hutu group massacred tutees. This tutsis. This girl was 14, she was raped and was on the run with her mother and sister. She shared her story earlier tonight. We kept hiding. It it was hard and difficult for myself, my mum and siblings. It was very, very hard. I remember one place we went, and this person was, of course, a neighbour of my mum for many years. When we went and ask