At the age of 12, she was given a painted scroll of an ancient man with the words, "Seek and the truth shall make you free."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"But having learned lessons from the first elections that there was widespread fraud, irregularities and fraudulence, we will try our best in close coordination with Afghan leadership and Afghan institutions and other international major partners to make this election as fair and free of fraudulence,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20