The Presidential election in Afghanistan will be held on April 5. The incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, will not be eligible to contest the election due to term limits.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah of the National Coalition of Afghanistan (NCA), Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, former Finance Minister and Zalmai Rasul, former Foreign Minister are the leading contenders for the presidential post.
The elections will be held in the backdrop of increasing security concerns over the warning issued by the Taliban to disrupt the vote. The impending drawdown of the NATO troops gives the new president limited time to negotiate the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and other issues.