Brussels, 06/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Shortly before the first democratic elections with universal suffrage on 9 October, the EU's representative to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell, has said that he is surprised by how peaceable the country is. "Although we could have expected attacks by the Taliban and Al Qaeda, there has been virtually nothing", he told EUROPE. Over 9 million voters have registered, almost 40% of whom are women, and will have 18 candidates to choose from to be their new...