Word: zahir
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Across town, a handful of eager voters at another polling station were met by frustrating delays as election workers struggled to set up. Materials had arrived late, and an hour after the polls were supposed to open, volunteers were still struggling to fasten shut the white plastic ballot boxes. Zahir, a 29-year-old employee at the Ministry of Finance, fumes as he stands in line. "Today everyone in Afghanistan wants to select their favorite candidates, but unfortunately they are not optimistic," he says. "Look at this place: it's chaos. Yet we are in central Kabul - what hope...
...falsely registered fictitious wives and daughters in order to collect extra voting cards that could in turn be used to stuff ballot boxes. Few of the women's stations were monitored, which raises further questions. "I think people know there will be fraud, but what can we do?" asks Zahir of the Ministry of Finance. "Even if we all have ink on our fingers, it doesn't matter, because at the end of the day, officials will be adding ballots that are not from the people." When asked why he was even bothering to vote, Zahir shrugs, saying...
...Zahir sighs as he shuffles forward in line. "It's always this way in Afghanistan. The powerful become more powerful, and the poor people stay poor...
...conduct of the U.S.-led war, complaining that Washington and its allies are undermining the Afghan government by ignoring its authority, and accusing them of patronizing warlords and overlooking the corruption and waste in their own aid programs. Earlier this month, Karzai's ambassador to the U.N., Zahir Tanin, told the Security Council of Afghanistan's "grave concern" over coalition military tactics there, calling on the coalition to minimize use of air strikes and coordinate its actions with the Afghan government...
...with 16 and a team-high six rebounds. Housman, Magnarelli, and sophomore guard Jeremy Lin each delivered 10 points. Mountain Hawks guard Marquis Hall stole the show, racking up a game-high 17 points and 5 assists while going 7-for-7 from the free-throw line. Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington also put in 14 points to sink the Crimson. “The first two possessions we trapped the ball, got some turnovers, and carried that through the half—we were fired up.” Magnarelli said, “We let them back...