Afghanistan election: on the eve of the poll

Taliban fightersdetain a man for campaigning for presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi in an undisclosed location Photograph: Reuters

Kabul: Police guard a security checkpoint made from a pile of rocks Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Panjshir valley: A man carries chairs as he guides his donkey, carrying election supplies, across rugged mountains Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul: A sniffer dog searches a car at a police checkpoint Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Herat: Election workers carry ballot boxes to a polling station at a mosque Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Kandahar: Women sign documents to confirm they have received ballot boxes Photograph: Matiullah Achakzai/EPA

Herat: A policeman carries a defused bomb after it was discovered on a street Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Kandahar: Men look at a poster, showing people how to cast their vote, outside a polling station Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul: Soldiers stand over the bodies of three men who raided a bank using AK-47 rifles and hand grenades Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Kabul: Members of the security forces drag the body of a dead gunman down a stairway following a raid on a bank by three gunmen Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul: A member of the security forces threatens a man outside a bank stormed by three gunmen Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Kandahar: Policemen secure a polling station at a school Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul: A butcher carries meat on his shoulders as he walks past electoral posters Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images