[Mb-civic] Much Hangs on Afghan Vote

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Much Hangs on Afghan Vote 
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Overshadowed by Iraq, the nation is at a crossroads.


August 5 2004

Presidential elections in Afghanistan, once set for April and then for September, are now scheduled for October. Give credit to more than 7 million Afghans who have registered to vote while dodging warlord armies killing rival fighters, Taliban gunmen battling U.S. soldiers and criminals making the streets of major cities danger zones. 

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