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To: NickSE who wrote (9450)9/26/2003 12:05:02 PM
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Karzai Foresees Mid-2004 Afghan Elections
guardian.co.uk

NEW YORK (AP) - A draft constitution for Afghanistan will be released within two weeks, and general elections will be held by mid-2004, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday.

Karzai told a conference at Columbia University that he hoped the constitution would be ratified by Dec. 31.

A constitutional committee sent 460,000 questionnaires out to the public this year to find out what the Afghan people wanted in their new institutions.

The 85,000 replies, and some 6,000 letters and 17,000 other messages, showed Afghans put high priority on religious tolerance, the rights of women, affirmative action on behalf of women, human rights and the reduction of the weaponry in the nation after decades of war, Karzai said...
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