October 08, 2004

The First Vote

Very cool link from Questions and Observations blog.
It is to a Reuters article talking about the first vote to be cast in Afghanistan's Election:

A 19-year-old Afghan woman living as a refugee in Pakistan has made history by casting the first vote in Afghanistan's first direct presidential election.

Moqadasa Sidiqi, a science student who fled Kabul with her family in 1992, cast her ballot at a polling station at a primary school, not in Afghanistan, but in Islamabad, capital of neighbouring Pakistan.

“I am very happy, I am very happy,” Sidiqi, dressed in a pink and white traditional shalwar kameez and a white headscarf, told reporters after voting. “I can't explain…my feelings, because I am very excited,” she said with a shy smile.

McQ comments: “…as a certain president might say, “let freedom reign.”

Referring to this of course
Blogged it here

Posted by DaveH at October 8, 2004 11:06 PM
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