Polls Open in Afghanistan Election
10-08-2004, 08:24 PM
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Polls Open in Afghanistan Election
All is quiet on the eastern front as Afghanistan begins it's hopeful quest for democracy. There's be some evidence that al Qaeda may try to disrupt the efforts but people seem hopeful and enthusiastic.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...fghan_election
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...fghan_election
A 19-year-old Afghan refugee in Pakistan became the election's first voter early Saturday, casting a ballot in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
"I cannot explain my feelings, just how happy I am," said Moqadasa Sidiqi, a science student whose family escaped Kabul in 1992 during the Afghan civil war. "I would never have thought I would be able to vote in this election."
Some 750,000 Afghan refugees registered to vote in Pakistan, and another 400,000-600,000 were eligible in Iran. Initial results were not expected until late Sunday or early Monday, but anything approaching a full count could take as much as two weeks.
At the Blue Mosque, the capital's largest house of prayer, Mullah Obeid-ul Rahman told some 400 faithful that Islam and democracy should go hand and hand.
"Saturday you should go and vote. Put your card in the box and say 'God be praised!'" he said. "Give your vote to that person who is a good Muslim and can heal Afghanistan's injured soul."
"I cannot explain my feelings, just how happy I am," said Moqadasa Sidiqi, a science student whose family escaped Kabul in 1992 during the Afghan civil war. "I would never have thought I would be able to vote in this election."
Some 750,000 Afghan refugees registered to vote in Pakistan, and another 400,000-600,000 were eligible in Iran. Initial results were not expected until late Sunday or early Monday, but anything approaching a full count could take as much as two weeks.
At the Blue Mosque, the capital's largest house of prayer, Mullah Obeid-ul Rahman told some 400 faithful that Islam and democracy should go hand and hand.
"Saturday you should go and vote. Put your card in the box and say 'God be praised!'" he said. "Give your vote to that person who is a good Muslim and can heal Afghanistan's injured soul."
10-08-2004, 10:41 PM
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GREAT! I really couldn't be happier for these people. It's not often you get to see a nation go from such a **** hole that treated people like animals to what should prove to be a free nation with hope for the future. What we did in Afghanistan is definatly one of those rare "good wars." I whish these people the absolute best of luck.
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