Afghan Candidates Pledge Peace, Prosperity Amid Violence
![Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (left) and his first vice-presidential candidate, Ahmad Zia Massoud (right) speak on a plane en route to Kabul, March 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9B7BFB06-2189-4BD3-868A-59317F0204D2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul (left) and his first vice-presidential candidate, Ahmad Zia Massoud (right) speak on a plane en route to Kabul, March 30, 2014.
![A supporter of presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, center, waves two Afghan national flags during a campaign rally in Herat, March 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/311390F8-5F22-4778-9915-12A534934CFB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, center, waves two Afghan national flags during a campaign rally in Herat, March 30, 2014.
![The deeply conservative, all-male crowd at Afghanistan's Kandahar stadium watch as vice-presidential candidate, Habiba Sarabi, in a headscarf stood up and reached for the microphone, Kabul, March 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E173958F-4891-4EBC-8D7E-57044DDB91BD_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The deeply conservative, all-male crowd at Afghanistan's Kandahar stadium watch as vice-presidential candidate, Habiba Sarabi, in a headscarf stood up and reached for the microphone, Kabul, March 17, 2014.