Afghan women on firing line for the suffrage of their sisters

Tuesday, October 5, 2004

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Thirty Afghan women leaned forward on their plastic chairs Monday as an instructor showed them how to count votes and seal them away to keep the country's first presidential election as fair as possible.

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