Kabul, Afghan - Oct 18, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of campaign posters along streets
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Yasser, Afghan political analyst:
"The logic behind the symbols is that the use for candidates belongs to the huge percentage of the huge range of illiterate community. The symbols will be used to identify the candidates. They try to put the symbols for their voters, for their supporters to choose them for voting."
3. Various of campaign posters on streets
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Yasser, Afghan political analyst:
"They are trying to solve this problem. But this is a huge problem that Afghanistan is challenging for more than 15 years. You can't solve this in 10 or 20 years."
5. Vehicles running on road
6. Various of students on street
7. Pedestrians on road

Streets in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul are plastered with candidate posters as the country prepares for the long-delayed elections for Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of the Afghan parliament, slated for Saturday.

Printed on the posters are the candidates' names, photos and their unique symbols such as ladders, cassette tapes, buckets, envelopes, footballs, satellite dishes, petrol pumps and hair combs.

Ahmad Yasser, a local political analyst, said the special designs were created to help illiterate voters differentiate between thousands of candidates contesting for the 249 seats of the Wolesi Jirga.

He said a big percentage of voters in the country are illiterate, so the symbols will be important for them to identify the candidates when they vote.

Afghanistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, currently estimated at about 31 percent of the adult population (over 15 years of age), according to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Yasser said the low literacy rate as a result of conflicts in the country has been challenging Afghan for many years. He said it will take a long time to repair and improve the education system in the country.

"They are trying to solve this problem. But this is a huge problem that Afghanistan is challenging for more than 15 years. You can't solve this in 10 or 20 years," said the analyst.