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2004-08-27 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-08-27 6:10:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thats why you use indeleble ink on their fingers once they vote. God some people get all excited about nothing. I gave up along time ago expecting muslims to be honest.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-27 7:36:03 AM|| 2004-08-27 7:36:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This guy is ignorant of an important demographic reality in Pakistan & Afghanistan; the fact that there is a disproportionate number of males compared to females. I read about this phenomenom pre-911. I do not remember why it is, but there is like a 60-40 ratio of men to women in Pakistan & Afghanistan. Can anyone shed any light on why this is?

Posted by Kentucky Beef 2004-08-27 9:59:08 AM|| 2004-08-27 9:59:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Just a guess but: honor killings?

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-27 10:04:19 AM|| 2004-08-27 10:04:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 From the CIA World FActbook:
Population: 28,513,677 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 44.7% (male 6,525,929; female 6,222,497)
15-64 years: 52.9% (male 7,733,707; female 7,346,226)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 334,427; female 350,891) (2004 est.)
Median age: 17.5 years
Population growth rate: 4.92%

Males are 51.3% of the population in the 15-64 age group. I would have thought there would be fewer men since the wars the last 30 years have probably killed near 2 million (my guess). What is surprising is just how young and fast growing the population is.

Infanticide has always been prevalent in Asia, but now ultrasound and abortions have made getting rid of girls much easier. India and China both have a deficit of 50 million girls and a lot of frustrated men with no chance of marriage and families.

Posted by ed 2004-08-27 10:17:48 AM|| 2004-08-27 10:17:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Vote early and vote often. Democracy at it's finest. These folks learn fast.

Posted by Richard Daley 2004-08-27 10:36:57 AM|| 2004-08-27 10:36:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 India and China both have a deficit of 50 million girls and a lot of frustrated men with no chance of marriage and families.

Sounds like a liberal's constituency. :oD

Posted by badanov 2004-08-27 10:38:53 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-08-27 10:38:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 From Ed's figures, if we take 90% of the 15-64 group (to exclude the 15 - 17 year olds), and all of the over 64 group, we have approximately 14.2 million eligible voters. If 10.5 million register, that's excellent, that's ~75% of all potential voters.

I'm sorry, what was the UN's problem again?

Posted by Steve White 2004-08-27 11:10:44 AM|| 2004-08-27 11:10:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Wow! De, you blew me out of the water! I admit defeat. I was wrong apparently. I could've swore I remember hearing about a high disproportionality of men to women in Afghanistan & Pakistan, though. The C.I.A. has been wrong before though (bombing of Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, etc.)

Posted by Kentucky Beef 2004-08-27 11:40:03 AM|| 2004-08-27 11:40:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I also suspect that the number of refugees *returning* to Afghanistan is grossly underestimated. What count will you get from Iran? Tajikistan? Turkmenistan? Even China? The massive exodus during the Russian invasion and the Taliban murderocracy must have been huge. On a final note, I bet the only refugees noted were Pushtuns returning from Pakistan to the south.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-08-27 11:40:14 AM|| 2004-08-27 11:40:14 AM|| Front Page Top

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