Afghanistan Presidential Election

Bumping Up Presidential Elections?

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 04.12.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president raised the prospect Thursday of holding presidential elections a year early to avoid a potentially ...

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Karzai Increases Lead In Afghan Election, Fraud Accusations Pour In To Electoral Complaint Commision

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai widened his lead over his main challenger in election returns released Saturday, creeping toward the 50 percent m...

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Abdul Rashid Doostam: Afghanistan's Damoclean Sword

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Camelia Entekhabi-Fard

For Karzai, General Doostam is the only person who can break the unity of the north. And so against the wishes of the U.S. and Turkey, General Doostam came back to Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai, top rival run nearly even in Afghan vote

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai and his main rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, were running virtually even Tuesday in the first f...

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Karzai And Afghan Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme

Inter Press Service | Analysis by Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Leads Heading Into Election

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A new poll released Friday shows President Hamid Karzai has a commanding lead over other candidates contesting next week's Afghan presid...

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Ali Ahmad Jalali: The Candidate Of Afghanistan's Educated Young

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

President Karzai is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He is constitutionally obligated to leave his post by May 21, but the Afghan elections had ...

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Hamid Karzai Considers Snap Afghan Election

Telegraph | Ben Farmer in Kabul and Dean Nelson in Delhi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Afghan president is understood to be considering throwing his political enemies into turmoil by springing a poll as early as April 21, despite fea...

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Ashraf Ghani Is Poised To Be A Leading Contender For Afghanistan's Presidency

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

With incumbent President Karzai looking as if he has involuntarily gone into "do not resuscitate" mode, it begs the question: who in their right mind would want to run Afghanistan?

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