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| Affiliation | Independent |
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| Name | Frozan Fana |
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| Info | Though Afghanistan is still at war, a democracy is trying to be born. This new order has brought a new type of candidate: a woman who is taken seriously in politics.
Frozan Fana
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Frozan Fana, whose husband, a Cabinet minister, was killed a few years ago, is one of two women running for president.
Frozan Fana
David Gilkey/NPR
Frozan Fana, whose husband, a Cabinet minister, was killed a few years ago, is one of two women running for president.
Frozan Fana is one of two women running for president. Her late husband was a Cabinet minister who was killed in 2002 — by political rivals, she believes.
But it's the new Afghanistan that shines through one of her campaign posters. It features four identical images of her, each in a square of a different color like a Warhol silkscreen. It's reminiscent of a poster Americans might have seen in the last U.S. presidential election.
"One of my friends is responsible for the press campaign. He said, 'We'll print posters exactly the same as Barack Obama's posters in America,'" she says.
Fana says there are obstacles to her candidacy, but people are cooperating. "In fact, I met hundreds of tribal leaders and elders, and I held talks with them. They all treated me with respect."
Fana says even representatives of the Taliban have pledged support if she wins. She wants to negotiate with Afghans who are fighting with the insurgency, and she's proposing ways to tackle one of the country's most pressing problems.
"The number of Taliban fighters is increasing day by day, because President Karzai promised that he would provide work opportunities for them, but he never did. ... People in Helmand province, in Kandahar province, they need schools, they need jobs to feed their families. If I win this election, then the situation will change."
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