In Afghanistan, vote counting is underway following Thursday’s national elections. At least twenty-six people were killed in election day violence. The Taliban had threatened to attack those turning out to vote. Afghanistan’s election authority, meanwhile, said it received around forty complaints of voting irregularities, including instances of officials pressuring voters to select Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Both Karzai and his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, have claimed victory, but they’re expected to square off in a second round of voting.