Ballots, Bullets & Kabulshit: An Afghan Election: Penguin Special

Ahead of the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan, Australian electoral adviser and Gruen Planet panellist Toby Ralph joined a UN team to assist local authorities unused to free and fair democratic processes – and in some cases, not keen on adopting them. Amid the ''War on Terror'', resistance ranged from corruption and bureaucratic ineptitude to lethal violence.

Ralph''s diarised account is ...