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America's Afghan Election

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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Michael Brenner

Celebrated at first by Obama on the White House lawn as a signal success marking the country's progress on the road to democracy, the Afghan election now looks like a monkey wrench thrown into the already stuttering engine of our mission there.

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Complaints Of Afghan Election Fraud Serious Enough To Affect Results

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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

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UN Plans First Afghan Summit In Kabul

guardian.co.uk | Jon Boone in Kabul | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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The United Nations is planning to host an international summit on the future of Afghanistan for the first time in Kabul as an attempt to bestow credib...

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Karzai Victory

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Holbrooke, Karzai Have "Explosive Meeting" Over Afghan Election

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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The BBC has learned that the US special envoy to Afghanistan has had what has been described as "an explosive meeting" with President Hamid Karzai ove...

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Afghan Elections Intended To Pacify The West: Commentary

nytimes.com | JEAN MacKENZIE | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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The haste with which U.N. Special Representative Kai Eide held a press conference to say that Aug. 20 was "a good day for Afghanistan" merely served t...

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Abdul Rashid Doostam: Afghanistan's Damoclean Sword

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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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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Afghan Election Results: Karzai Widens Lead Over Abdullah

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead over his top challenger in Afghanistan's presidential election under the latest vote result...

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Afghan Bomb Strikes At Foreign Entities

The New York Times | TAIMOOR SHAH | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A huge bomb detonated on Tuesday night in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are ...

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Afghan Elections: Abdullah Supporters Threaten Violence Over Alleged Rigging

The Independent | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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By Kim Sengupta | The Independent With the results of Afghanistan's presidential election expected later today, supporters of the opposition leader, ...

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Karzai, top rival run nearly even in Afghan vote

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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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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Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal: Karzai Won Afghan Election

The New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai has won reelection with a clear mandate, garnering 68 percent of the vote in last week's presidential ele...

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Meet Your Afghan Warlords, Part One: Mohammed Qasim Fahim

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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Derrick Crowe

After the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Fahim became first a defense minister and then vice president of Afghanistan. Prior to that, he was a senior commander of the Jamiat-e-Islami militia.

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Afghan Election Result: Karzai, Abdullah Both Claim Victory

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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KABUL — Both main candidates for Afghan president claimed to be ahead Friday after an election marred by violence, spotty turnout and fraud alle...

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Obama and the Afghan Election: What It Means, What It Doesn't

William Bradley | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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William Bradley

The Obama administration should sigh with a sense of relief after the election in Afghanistan -- the Taliban failed in their threat to halt the election, and were unable to pull off any of the promised attacks.

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Afghans in DC Celebrate 90 Years of Independence

Joseph Freeman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Eyes & Ears

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Joseph Freeman

Citizens aren't usually forced to divide their attention between a groundbreaking election and nine decades of self-determination. But we are talking about Afghanistan here.

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Karzai's Next Feat

Christopher Mailander | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Christopher Mailander

The Afghanistan election has made one thing clear: President Karzai is a master. He is a master in the art of the deal.

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Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Jonathan Morgenstein

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

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Ashraf Ghani Is Afghanistan's Best Hope

Olivia Sterns | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Olivia Sterns

Though Dr. Ashraf Ghani is unlikely to win the popular vote for president of Afghanistan today, what he has brought to this campaign is a clear victory for the people of his country.

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Afghan Elections 2009: HuffPost's Guide (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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As Afghanistan holds national elections for the presidency and provincial council, the HuffPost has put together this resource guide to voting day and...

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Majority of Americans Say Afghan War Not Worth Fighting

Malou Innocent | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Malou Innocent

Central Asia holds little intrinsic strategic value to the U.S. In that respect, I can understand why Americans are growing skeptical of continuing what's become an "aimless absurdity."

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Low turnout seen in Afghan election; 26 killed

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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KABUL — Millions of Afghans defied threats Thursday to cast ballots in the country's second national elections since Taliban rule, but turnout a...

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Afghan Election Eve: 6 US Soldiers Killed

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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KABUL — Afghans voted under the shadow of Taliban threats of violence Thursday to choose their next president for a nation plagued by armed insu...

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Good Luck, Afghanistan

Asma Nemati | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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Asma Nemati

In the last few hours before over 30 million Afghans vote, tension is at its peak in Afghanistan. Within the last few days, the capitol has been struck by two suicide attacks.

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Karzai, Afghan Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme

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

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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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