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Friday, August 21, 2009

How Do These Identity Cards Work?

I tried to figure out how these identity cards work under these circumstances. It must be a cultural thing. From The Wall Street Journal [full article].
Afghan women Reuters

Afghan women, one showing her identity card, after casting votes on Thursday in Herat, the capital of Herat province in western Afghanistan.

Afghans went to the polls for their second presidential election with their country on edge. Those who exercised their democratic rights had to defy Taliban threats and hew closely to the social mores of this conservative Islamic country, which, for one, dictate when and how females leave their homes.

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