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Registering Voters A Difficult Task In Afghanistan

By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Published October 20, 2008 at 3:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 16 years ago.
A policeman stands guard on the rooftop of a voter registration center in Shigal district of volatile Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan.
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson/NPR
A policeman stands guard on the rooftop of a voter registration center in Shigal district of volatile Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan.

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Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Special correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is based in Berlin. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and read at NPR.org. From 2012 until 2018 Nelson was NPR's bureau chief in Berlin. She won the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her work in Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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