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What's next after Afghanistan's presidential election? Young Afghans speak on the future
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Young Afghans look forward with optimism
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No one has more at stake in Afghanistan’s presidential elections than its legions of young people, who have come of age in a post-Taliban nation. Their expectations are high – for education, for jobs, for personal lives – in a country that has seen tens of billions in donor aid but remains plagued by a violent insurgency and a weak economy.
It was young people who manned many polling stations yesterday as candidate observers and sometimes even as officials, wearing the blue bibs of the Independent Election Commission. Conversations with them yield hope, but also fear that Afghanistan remains but one step away from disaster and perhaps renewed civil war.
Afghans turned out to vote in record numbers yesterday, defying Taliban threats of retribution. The presidential election results are not yet known; neither is the impact that the withdrawal of US and Western combat forces will have at the end of this year.
But while much is uncertain, there's a striking optimism among many young Afghans that better days lie ahead. A group of young Afghans in Kabul spoke with the Monitor about what lies ahead for them, and their country.
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Conversations with young Afghans following the country's presidential election.
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By Scott Peterson, Staff writer
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