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‘Women still banned to vote for own choice in north’

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MAZR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok):  A human rights organization says its survey shows most of the women in northern Balkh, Samangan and Jawzjan provinces are not independent in their right to vote for preferred candidates in elections.

The rights advocacy group held a gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, to discuss women’s lacking of independence in elections.

Farzani Khaliqi, a member of the Afghan Human Rights Organization, told Pajhwok Afghan News at the gathering that they were making efforts to increase women’s . . .

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