Voting Underway in Afghanistan’s Presidential Runoff Election --- KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans lined up on Saturday to vote in the second and final round of the country’s presidential elections, choosing a new leader to steer Afghanistan through the coming withdrawal of American-led military forces, despite reports of scattered attacks in the capital and elsewhere. -- Voters across Kabul, the capital, formed orderly lines in the morning sun, braving threats of violence and intimidation with a sense of purpose and optimism, if with less of the euphoria that accompanied the first round of voting in April. -- “It has been our hope to one day elect the president we want,” said Rassoul Dad Hajizada, a retired army colonel whose heavy white beard came down to his chest. “We cannot lose this opportunity. We must participate for our success.” -- Voters were choosing between Ashraf Ghani, a former finance minister, and Abdullah Abdullah, a prominent opposition politician, to succeed President Hamid Karzai, who exhorted people to vote with an appeal to Afghan pride. “Choose your destiny with your hands and save us from foreign dependency by casting your vote,” he said in a statement. - More, NYTimes, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/world/asia/afghanistan-election.html?_r=0