Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test

Afghan men lead a donkey, loaded with ballot boxes and other election material to be transported to polling stations which are not accessible by road, in Shutul, Panjshir province,June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Millions of Afghans turned out for a second time on Saturday to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, a decisive test of the country's ambitions to transfer power democratically for the first time in its tumultuous history.

Most foreign troops will leave by the end of 2014, and whoever takes over from Karzai will inherit a troubled country plagued by an assertive Taliban insurgency and an economy crippled by corruption and the weak rule of law.