Afghanistan's TV Election

Dadqiq is ineligible to run for the real presidency. Afghan law requires that candidates must be a minimum of 40 years old.
Jared Moossy / Redux

Not Quite Ready
Dadqiq is ineligible to run for the real presidency. Afghan law requires that candidates must be a minimum of 40 years old. "By the time I reach the legal age to be President, I hope the people of Afghanistan are ready to accept a female President," she says. "If they are not, I will work hard to make the people ready."

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