10月9日举行的阿富汗首次总统大选吸引着全球的目光。尽管塔利班威胁对投票点进行攻击，但这丝毫没有减少阿富汗人民投票的积极性。外电报道如下：Afghans crammed¹ polling stations for their country's first-ever direct election Saturday, defying the threat of Taliban violence in the hope of bringing peace and some economic prosperity after more than two decades of war. Cram的意思是“塞满、拥挤”。例如：It's dangerous for too many people to be crammed into a bus.（公共汽车超载人员是危险的）。This encyclopedia² is crammed with information about everything under the sun.（这部百科全书拥有世上一切知识）。

此次选举是"“阿富汗5000年历史上首次民主选举”，全国设投票点5000多个，根据阿司法部公布的统计材料显示，有72个政党向阿过渡政府提交了注册申请。