Washington DC Adult Entertainment: Taliban says it will disrupt Afghan poll
Written on July 31, 2009 – 9:13 am | by larrylibido
Sima Matin, left, a female candidate in a provincial council election, talks with a male villager, right, on her way to take part in a campaign as her security guard looks on in Shirak Pirak in Kapisa province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. For women running for office in one of the world’s most conservative countries, getting out the vote is an uphill battle against social norms. In a place where most women still wear the burqa and do not speak to men outside their immediate family, female candidates are pushing the envelope simply by putting up posters of their uncovered faces. They risk being called prostitutes for trying to explain their platforms to male voters. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
(Rafiq Maqbool – AP)