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(8 Oct 2004) Arghanchukha, Badakhshan 1. Wide shot UN jeeps driving on mountain road 2. Close up of ballot boxes beside jeep 3. Donkey grazing in front of jeeps 4. Various of men loading donkey with ballot boxes and election materials 5. Donkey carrying ballot boxes and porters walking up the Som Darreh valley in the Arghanchukha region of Badakhshan province 6. Close up shadow of donkey walking 7. Various of donkeys walking up valley through the Koh-i-Sarki-Khan mountains 8. Side shot of donkeys on narrow mountain trail 9. Donkeys crossing river 10. Wide of mullah calling for prayer 11. Close up of mullah calling faithful to prayer 12. Donkey being unloaded 13. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Mullah Nasrullah, Official: "The main problem we are facing is the roads. We do not have the roads to communicate with other villages. The lack of roads and good footpaths is our main problem." 14. Close up of ballot boxes 15. Villagers looking at equipment 16. Man herding donkeys STORYLINE: Election organisers in Afghanistan have been transporting ballot boxes and papers to the tens of thousands of polling stations around the country to prepare for the first ever direct elections on Saturday. With no or bad roads in many areas, election organisers have had to rely on the use of donkeys as the best means of transport. United Nation's election workers drive up the bumpy roads of the mountainous northern Badakhshan province into Arghanchukha village, 320 kilometres (200 miles) northeast of Kabul. However, many villages are a two--week walk from the nearest road. The jeeps stop at the entrance of Som Darreh, Tail Valley and unload the cargo of ballot boxes ready for Saturday's vote. From here, the ballot papers and boxes are transported by donkey. To reach the villagers of Som Darreh, 10km from the road, the donkeys have to carry 4 plastic ballot boxes and a few hundred voting papers. More remote areas receive their ballot boxes by special helicopter delivery. Saturday's elections will be conducted under tight security due to the threat of Taliban attacks. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...