Election Day in Afghanistan

Numbers As Richard Holbrooke, the special US representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said,
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Numbers
As Richard Holbrooke, the special US representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said, "The test is going to be in the counting. If the will of the electorate is going to be thwarted, it will happen in the counting." The election workers above start the process at their station in Kandahar.

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