All arrangements are in place for today's parliamentary elections in Afghanistan. And there is little doubt that even holding the vote is already an achievement; in a country which has been at war for decades, no fewer than 2,500 candidates - of whom a record 418 are women - are competing for the 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament.
So regardless of the challenges facing the country, a lack of electoral choice is not Afghanistan's main problem.
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