Afghanistan elections:A step towards democracy

"The campaign period over the past two months was full of open and responsible debate among the candidates, and it will be up to the Afghan people to choose the direction of their country," he added. Carney said a stable and acceptable political transition was critical to sustain international support for Afghanistan. "It's often said that when you have new democracies that it's not the first election or even the case when the second election re-elects the incumbent, but the election that brings about a transition that is most important when it comes to embedding democratic institutions in a society and a country,"he said.