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Fear and apathy keep Afghans at home

By James Lamont in Kabul

Published: August 20 2009 19:39 | Last updated: August 20 2009 19:39

Latifa Atikaoamani, an election official, has just started counting ballot papers. All day, the teaching supervisor and her wards have been helping women to vote in a classroom in Sarghuna High School in central Kabul.

In a loud and commanding voice, she tallies each vote from piles of paper sorted according to the candidates in Afghanistan’s presidential election. From behind a cordon, three young election agents watch carefully.

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