dr. ashraf aghan ghani. i was joined by ashraf ghani. also worked as an official at the world bank. >> dr. ghani thank you for joining us. i wanted to talk about this poll that came out. the fact that you plagued a rather distant second, you now expect to win. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. yes, i do. the public has been genuinely mobilized. our program for reform of the country has been welcomed and the debate has been very encouraging and this poll shows that we are leading, and we are fairly confident of victory. >> one of the concerns of course as always in afghanistan is that the taliban has again threatened to attack polling places. it has stepped up its attacks in recent days including going after your opponent, abdalla abdalla, in a bombing that killed a number of people. how concerned are you that these elections will be fair and safe? >> well, thank god that my esteemed colleague, dr. abdalla abdalla is safe. we condemn in the strongest terms this attack on the convey and condemn the loss of life. whoever will be isolated fr