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Article: Hope in Afghanistan.(Editorials)(Elections reflect progress, but work remains)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
The Sept. 18 elections for parliament and provincial councils marked progress in Afghanistan's slow journey toward democracy. But no one should underestimate the remaining obstacles.
Despite earlier optimistic estimates, only a third of registered voters in Kabul turned out to vote in the country's first legislative polls in 36 years; the nationwide turnout was slightly greater than 50 percent. The drop from the 70 percent turnout in last year's inspiring presidential election was due largely to violence. A resurgent Taliban attacked 19 polling stations, killing at least a dozen people.
The dysfunctional but ...