Afghan woman poses with her newly made voter registration card in Parwan province
An Afghan woman poses with her newly made voter registration card in Parwan province, north of Kabul October 6, 2008. Afghanistan began registering voters on Monday for elections due next year that will test support for President Hamid Karzai and democracy itself which is threatened by virulent Taliban insurgency in which thousands have died. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)