Muhammad Shafiq Popal is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's more formidable opponents yet he isn't a chieftain, a warlord or even a candidate in the Aug. 20 Afghanistan presidential election. Just 30 years old, Popal is a rare individual in the country: a community organizer who heads the Afghanistan Youth National and Social Organization (AYNSO), an NGO that, in a nation marked by division, transcends religion, ethnicity and tribe. AYNSO's broad objective is to promote democracy and human rights. But Popal's current objective is much more specific: mobilizing AYNSO's 32,000 members to unseat Karzai, who he believes has done...
Afghanistan's Election: The Generational Divide
Registered voters ages 18 to 25 range from 8 million to 10 million, out of a total of 17 million. Can they make a difference?
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