Afghan Women Await Poll Results With Hope
2,144 views · Published 5 April 2014 · 3:12 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2014 · News & Politics
Hopes are high that Afghanistan's election Saturday may result in the country's first peaceful transition of power in more than a century. Militant attacks and electoral fraud are the main threats to the vote for a new president, who will take over after President Hamid Karzai ends his second term. Afghan women, whose freedom has often been curtailed, also worry about their future under a new government. Zlatica Hoke has this report.
