Afghanistan Election Fraud

Afghan Official Gives 2-Week Window For New Vote

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


KABUL — Afghanistan has a two-week window to realistically hold any presidential runoff vote before winter sets in, an election official said Th...

Afghan Election: One-Third Of Karzai Votes Are Suspect: EU

New York Times | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. And SANGAR RAHIMI | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


European Union monitors said Wednesday that about one-third of the votes cast for President Hamid Karzai in the Aug. 20 election are suspicious and sh...

Karzai Leads Afghan Vote With 54 Percent Amidst Fraud Allegations

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


KABUL — Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's e...

Karzai: EU's Afghan Election Fraud Claims "Irresponsible"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


Afghan President Hamid Karzai's campaign team has condemned as "irresponsible" claims by EU monitors about the extent of election fraud. EU election ...

UN Official Temporarily Leaves Afghanistan Over Election Dispute

CP | Jason Straziuso (CP) | Posted 11.15.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top American official at the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has temporarily left the country following a disagreement w...

Afghan Body Throws Out Ballots From 83 Vote Sites

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


KABUL — A U.N.-backed fraud commission threw out votes Thursday from 83 polling stations and ordered recounts at hundreds of others in three pro...

Karzai Nears Win As Recount Ordered In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


KABUL — A U.N.-backed commission found "convincing evidence" of fraud Tuesday in Afghanistan's presidential election and ordered a recount of su...

Afghanistan's Fraud-Ridden Elections To Take Weeks To Resolve

Yahoo! News | Hal Bernton and Hashim Shukoor, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan �" Afghanistan's election results are headed into weeks of limbo as a government commission investigates more than 600 complaints...

Complaints Of Afghan Election Fraud Serious Enough To Affect Results

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission has received more than 2,000 complaints of fraud or abuse in last week's disputed pres...

Karzai, Afghan Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme

Inter Press Service | Analysis by Gareth Porter | Posted 09.19.2009 | World


By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (IPS) - Afghanistan's presidential election has long been viewed by U.S. officials as a key to conferring legit...