Young girls play on a swing in a small park on the banks of the Helmand River in Lashkar Gah, on the eve of the presidential elections. A 15-year-old boy who was killed by a rocket on polling day planned to come here after he had voted less than 500m away.

Young girls play on a swing in a small park on the banks of the Helmand River in Lashkar Gah, on the eve of the presidential elections. A 15-year-old boy who was killed by a rocket on polling day planned to come here after he had voted less than 500m away.