Friday, September 24, 2004

Intimidation in Afghanistan

From RFE-RL:

"A broadcast by a tribe in eastern Khost Province has warned its members to cast their vote for Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai or face retribution, AFP reported on 24 September. 'Vote for President Hamid Karzai [in the 9 October election], or we will burn your houses down,' was the message broadcast by the Terezay tribe, a small Pashtun tribe numbering between 120,000 to 150,000...A Terezay tribal elder, Wakil Sayyed Anwar, told AFP that 300 tribal chiefs jointly drafted the threatening statement."

There will be security forces monitoring the election, but will they be there six months later to protect villages which had a high percentage of people who voted in a way other than they were instructed to?

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