October 9, 2004
AL QAEDA'S WINNING?:
Woman is first to vote in Afghan poll (Zeeshan Haider, 10/09/04, Reuters)
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.Posted by Orrin Judd at October 9, 2004 12:00 AMMoqadasa 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.
Comments
Too young, too female, right ?
Maybe she owns a poppy farm, that would certainly secure her right to vote.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at October 9, 2004 1:16 AMNice title
Posted by: cincysux at October 9, 2004 2:49 AMShalwar Kameez? Wasn't he the villian in an old Bogart movie?
Posted by: Twn at October 9, 2004 8:02 PM