Nine out of 10 eligible Afghans have signed up for landmark October elections, the United Nations said Sunday, a resounding endorsement of a democratic experiment supposed to help Afghanistan turn its back on years of debilitating war.

... except when the Afghan news media report that candidates are "sniping" at each other, they aren't referring to verbal attacks.

WSJ ran a good week-in-review-style article last week entitled something like "Good news from Afghanistan" in which the reporters highlighted a litany of positive developments in the country.

90 Percent of Afghans Registered to Vote