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Fox News is reporting that Afghanistan is on the verge of unveiling its new draft constitution. For most of the last year, the constitutional commission has been working to write the constitution, but this bit was heartwarming:

The commission sent 460,000 questionnaires out to the public this year and held meetings in villages across the country seeking public input.

"So many people replied, including women who said they wanted more rights and good education," Constitutional Review Commission spokesman Abdul Ghafoor Lewal said. "The illiterate sent cassette tapes and we got tens of thousands of letters."

When the elections are held next June, we can hope that it will be the beginning of a prosperous and peaceful future. If that many people participated (however indirectly) in creating their future, I think they might even have a good shot at it.