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Out in a rural provincial centre we saw 3 of the main candidates roll through in the last week+.
A couple of trusted locals I'm working with told me many of the election rally attendees were being paid as much as a reported 500AFFs each(on top of outlying district transportation for some)…which sounded really high considering the average local unskilled daily wage.
Definitely a Dari flavoured Tammany Hall vibe about it.
No idea what's going on today…we're locked up tight.
I only hope it's as close to a decisive victory for one candidate as can be expected……I reckon a deep and indecisive 3+ way split has some real risks, even with a runoff.
The good news is the weather sucks today(at least here) and the vote will not be tallied for a good few weeks…plenty of time for people to chill out(or conversely print more votes).
One a brighter note…..there's rumours of Afghan and Pakistan chapters of the Taliban having a bit of a feud……good, hopefully they murder each other in mass quantities.
I've never understood why the Afghan NDS doesn't give the ISI some of it's own medicine and light Pakistan on fire from end to end.
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