Traditions, Terrorism Threaten Afghan Vote Women Are Intimidated, Election Workers Attacked
By Pamela Constable Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, June 4, 2004
KHOST, Afghanistan -- At a village mosque, a leaflet printed in neat Pashto script was found last week, instructing "all good Muslim citizens" to stay away from government buildings, foreign troops and official funerals. If anyone disobeyed, the pamphlet warned, "your bodies will join theirs."
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