"Islamists and Mujahedeen Secure Victory in Afghan Vote "

[dajoki]

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/international/asia/23afghan.html?th&emc=th

Islamists and Mujahedeen Secure Victory in Afghan Vote

By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: October 23, 2005

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 - More than a month after the elections, nearly all provisional results have finally been released for Afghanistan's Parliament and provincial assemblies, cementing a victory for Islamic conservatives and the jihad fighters involved in the wars of the past two decades.

At least half of the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, will be made up of religious figures or former fighters, including four former Taliban commanders. About 50 of the men elected fall into a broad category of independents, or educated professionals, and 11 are former Communists. Women have taken 68 seats - slightly more than the 25 percent representation guaranteed under the new electoral system.

It is far from clear how voting blocs will form, because the election system sidelined political parties, and most candidates ran as independents. But political analysts predict a deeply divided and confrontational body. Women may have a moderating influence but are also likely to be divided by region and ethnicity, the analysts said.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. And NOBODY in the USA knows about this. They won't know it until

some new attack is blamed on these people.

[dajoki]

2. that's right...

everybody thinks we took care of them already.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Who really thought or cared about the taliban prior to 9/11?

There was a little discussion about those statues, but other than that?

The same thing is going on again, and there isn't anything that bush or anybody else can do about it.

[dajoki]

4. not bush n/t