Preparing for Saturday’s elections in Afghanistan
On Saturday, Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections. There are concerns about violence and about whether the vote will be legitime. Election monitors have been deployed to ensure that the vote is free and fair, yet many challenges still exist. Shukria Barakzai is one of the country’s 71 female members of Parliament. She describes her running for re-election and how Afghanistan has continued to change since 2001. We also speak with the BBC’s Quentin Somerville, who is on the ground in Kabul.
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