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Millions of Afghans vote, defy Taliban threats

Let this be a lesson to the *39.05% of eligible US voters who didn’t bother to cast a vote in the 2004 election.

Favorite quote: “I’m so happy, I couldn’t sleep last night and was watching the clock to come out to vote,” said Qari Salahuddin, 21, in the eastern city of Jalalabad soon after voting began.


*Figure from the United States Election Project, George Mason University.

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