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Afghan Women Put Lives on Line To Run for Office

Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Nurith C. Aizenman
QUOTE: ...328 women are running for the lower house of parliament, where 68 of 249 seats have been set aside for female representatives... Yet female candidates in provinces across the country have complained of receiving phone calls and letters threatening them with death if they don't withdraw.

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