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Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan on 5 April 2014. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai was not eligible to run due to term limits. The registration period for presidential nominations was open from 16 September 2013 until 6 October 2013. A total of 27 candidates were confirmed to be running for office. However on 22 October Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission disqualified 16 of the candidates leaving only 11 in the race.
