More Bad News from Afghanistan 08/23/2009
A quarter of the seats in the Provincial Councils are reserved for women. But In the southern provinces of Kandahar and Uruzgan, there were not enough female candidates to fill the alotted seats - Picture AFP
Female participation in the recent Afghan election was significantly lower across the country and virtually nonexistent the south according to AFP. The main reason for the downturn is Taliban pressure:
"We were very willing to vote but then Taliban provocation started. We heard that they would kill people, cut off people's fingers and cut off their heads," said Naseema Naseri, who works for an aid group in the southern city of Kandahar.
This particularly depressing in light of the significant progress female candidates and voters made in Afghanistan's first election after the fall of the Taliban.
"We were very willing to vote but then Taliban provocation started. We heard that they would kill people, cut off people's fingers and cut off their heads," said Naseema Naseri, who works for an aid group in the southern city of Kandahar.
This particularly depressing in light of the significant progress female candidates and voters made in Afghanistan's first election after the fall of the Taliban.
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