From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The Afghan election, democracy in wartime.

Hello again, I'm Ormanalny, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Ballot boxes are on their way to cobble in cars, helicopters, and on the backs of 3,000 donkeys.

The count won't be final till early next month. Voter turnout is called uneven, with attacks near some polling places.

Two people with indelible ink on their fingers reportedly were hanged.

Some fraud and corruption are guaranteed, and the big questions are, will the results be perceived as credible by the Afghan people?

Will they lead to peace with the Taliban and better governance?

Will they alter America's role in a dangerous region?

On reporter's notebook later on, the founder of Hold Foods offends the wrong people.

First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again. Warren Alney, back with To the Point. The polls are closed and the vote count is underway in Afghanistan, where a national election has been held in the midst of bloody

fighting. We'll look at the turnout, the possible outcomes, and the potential consequences for

U.S. diplomacy and military commitments. On reporter's notebook, Whole Foods founder John Mackey learns

it's not nice to fool with your most loyal customers. First, this news update, the bombing of

Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killed 270 people in 1988. The only person

convicted was Libyan Abdel Basett al-Magrahi.

He's been serving a life sentence on 270 counts, but now has terminal prostate cancer.

He was released today by Scotland on humanitarian grounds.

Bert Amerman is – Bert Amherman's brother, Tom, died in the crash.

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