Post by Matter on Aug 3, 2004 6:02:04 GMT -5
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Some very good news, indeed.
Sunday, August 01, 2004
90 Percent of Afghans Registered To Vote
Overcoming a violent campaign to disrupt the effort, about 90 percent of the Afghan electorate has registered to vote in October's presidential election. The Associated Press reports :
According to the latest U.N. figures, 8.7 million of an estimated 9.8 million eligible voters have collected ID cards that will allow them to cast a ballot when polling begins Oct. 9 in Afghanistan's first-ever direct national vote.
[. . .]
"The participation is amazing," U.N. spokesman David Singh said. "There was a lot of skepticism about this process at the beginning, but the targets have been fulfilled."
This is a significant victory in the war against terror. The evil doers mounted a terror campaign against the voter registration effort. According to the Associated Press:
At least nine people working to prepare the elections have been killed in attacks sometimes claimed by the Taliban, despite efforts by some 20,000 U.S.-led troops to protect the process.
Most recently, an Afghan election worker and a voter was killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a mosque being used as registration center in Ghazni province. A mine seriously injured three election workers in the Taliban stronghold of Uruzgan on Friday, Afghan officials said.
This gives me great hope for Afghanistan.
90 Percent of Afghans Registered To Vote
Overcoming a violent campaign to disrupt the effort, about 90 percent of the Afghan electorate has registered to vote in October's presidential election. The Associated Press reports :
According to the latest U.N. figures, 8.7 million of an estimated 9.8 million eligible voters have collected ID cards that will allow them to cast a ballot when polling begins Oct. 9 in Afghanistan's first-ever direct national vote.
[. . .]
"The participation is amazing," U.N. spokesman David Singh said. "There was a lot of skepticism about this process at the beginning, but the targets have been fulfilled."
This is a significant victory in the war against terror. The evil doers mounted a terror campaign against the voter registration effort. According to the Associated Press:
At least nine people working to prepare the elections have been killed in attacks sometimes claimed by the Taliban, despite efforts by some 20,000 U.S.-led troops to protect the process.
Most recently, an Afghan election worker and a voter was killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a mosque being used as registration center in Ghazni province. A mine seriously injured three election workers in the Taliban stronghold of Uruzgan on Friday, Afghan officials said.
This gives me great hope for Afghanistan.
Some very good news, indeed.
