Election campaigns have officially started in Afghanistan, a country plagued by violence since before anyone can remember, but still, the best hope their citizens have to reach a certain stability.
The posters and the propaganda have already started in many of the afghan cities, but the Al Qaeda already started with violent attacks even before the election, which they call "a waste of time", killing two people.
Because of this, all the eleven candidates were given armored cars and more than 36 policemen for their protection. The campaign ends by April 2 but if none of the candidates obtains at least 50% of the votes, it will be postponed until summer, situation that concerns foreign forces which expect to make (military) deals with Afghanistan.
Taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Afghan_elections_2005.jpg
This is indeed a start for the afghan people into the world of democracy. Eleven candidates, each one with the capacity to improve the conditions of a country remember only by terrorism and opium trades ... or at least that's what some people believe, but let's be honest, in a country where there's close to none freedom because of the unstoppable-like armed groups that can kill anyone that oppose them, a notable fame for fraud and a raging poverty there's just no easy exit.
Let's say one of the candidates gets more than 50% of the votes, doesn't face any murders during his campaign and basically has a smooth mandate. How is just one man going to actually face and erase all of the problems I mentioned right before? I'm not going to say future is looking bright there. To be able to solve all of those problems it's needed a long time and who knows what might happen in such an extensive period of time. There's also the international pressure if the internal stuff wasn't enough, and those decisions the president does will affect the normal citizens and the armed groups as well who might not be happy with whatever he decides.
Anyways, right now the only thing I got left to say is ... best of luck to whichever candidate gets the "crown".
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/02/afghanistan-election-campaign-begins
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