Purple fingers and sitting ducks: how to hold an election, Afghan style

Saturday 05 Apr 2014
Sitting here I'm thinking of getting a headache with the effort if there is a worse JOB. But Abdullah is all smiles and simply delighted to see us. And we are, well, reasonably delighted to see Abdullah - but actually not for all that long.

Nothing personal you understand. It is just that Abdullah is the frisker at the front of the polling station queue in central Kabul. And it falls to him to frisk men for suicide bomb-belts. You see the issue.

Purple Fingers and Sitting Ducks How to Hold an Election, Afghan Style by nelvely