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<title><![CDATA[Afghan elections: Campaigners fear sinister forces are behind sudden rise of women]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Independent: The Independent: Often characterised as valiant crusaders defying Afghanistan's chauvinistic culture, many female candidates standing in tomorrow's parliamentary elections may in fact be just the opposite: proxies doing a warlord's bidding. Women's rights campaigners in Kabul claim that the majority of a record number of female candidates in the vote &#8211; a contest widely expected to be marred by bloodshed and fraud &#8211; have little interest in advancing their own political agendas or promoting women's and human rights.]]></description>
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