Afghan voters go to the polls on 18 September to elect representatives to the country's legislature -- the National Assembly ("Melli Shura" in Pashto, or "Shura-ye Melli" in Dari) -- and to provincial councils. The fact that a country with virtually no democratic experience and a quarter century of conflict behind it has embarked on the path to democracy is arguably a monumental achievement. But not all has gone according to plans laid out in the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, which ushered in a post-Taliban government following UN backed negotiations with a fractious assemblage of Afghan political forces. What follows is an outline of the election process and its significance.
Read more by Amin Tarzi at: Radio Free Afghanistan
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