IWPR staff
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Some are not convinced that time-honoured system ensures a fair outcome.
Ahead of next year’s election, Afghans say they deserve better from their representatives.
Graft endemic in both local and national government institutions.
“I didn’t want to know anything,” says Serb official who passed detention unit every day without inquiring what was going on there.
“We elected you as our representatives… but unfortunately none of you addressed our problems,” says one disappointed voter.
Pupils miss out on lessons as teachers go off to the fields.
Provincial councillors acknowledge that aid efforts sometimes ignore communities’ real needs.
Some see peace as a result of top-down policies, others as something for individuals to work toward.
Gender violence said to be rising in secure Bamyan province and falling in war-torn Helmand.
IWPR’s work to promote election participation expands to all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.