Canadian troops hand out radios in Afghanistan 26.08.2005 Canadian troops in Afghanistan are handing out free radios to help counter the messages of fear and hate propagated by the Taliban. "We're distributing them to everybody. Workers, students, basically anyone of voting age," Master Cpl. Kevin Langlois told CTV News. According to Langlois, most Afghans are illiterate and depend on oral communication for information. One of the stations broadcast by the radios is overseen by the brother of President Hamid Kharzai. His station asks voters to get involved in politics, and questions candidates on how they'll rebuild Afghanistan's damaged infrastructure. "This election is their say as to what shape this country will take," Qayum Kharzai told CTV News. He says Afghanistan has a dangerous political climate that lends itself to extreme views and potentially dangerous leaders. "If politics is about slogans and symbolism, I am afraid ethnic issues and these things flare up and in that case the worst people get elected," Qayum Kharzai said. Security leading up to the elections remains a big concern. The potential for violence is there each day, with almost daily news of another attack on those who preach peace or dare to fight against the insurgents. In the latest violence, Taliban clashed with Afghan and U.S. troops in the southern Uruzgan province. Five Taliban were killed and two were captured in that fight. The Sept. 18 elections are the last phase of a plan for Afghanistan's political development. The plan was agreed upon by Afghan factions and the international community at a conference in Bonn, Germany -- days after the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. << | >> |
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