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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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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 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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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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Afghan Elections Give Pakistan Bleak Hope

Naveen Naqvi | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Naveen Naqvi

Though Pakistanis had once bristled at the idea of being lumped in with the Afghan state, there is now a subtle admission that their futures are shared.

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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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5 Thoughts on the Afghan Elections

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Patrick Barry

With the Afghan elections having taken place today amidst extraordinarily difficult circumstances, I thought I would offer up a few things to keep in mind when reading the coverage.

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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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Karzai Government Demands Afghan Media Blackout On Election Day, Journalists Refuse

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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KABUL — Afghan journalists charged Wednesday that their government was violating the constitution by trying to censor reports of violence on ele...

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Afghanistan Restricts Media Ahead Of Election; Press Told Not To Report Attacks

The Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

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KABUL -- Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing ...

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Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan Warlord, Returns To Help Karzai

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay and Tom Lasseter | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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KABUL -- A notorious Afghan warlord accused of allowing the murder of hundreds, if not thousands, of prisoners and then destroying the evidence return...

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President Karzai's Supporters 'Buy' Votes For Afghanistan Election: Times Of London

Times Online | Tom Coghlan in Kabul | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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Supporters of President Karzai are preparing to rig voting in next week's presidential elections in unstable parts of Afghanistan's south as Taleban v...

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Hamid Karzai, Ashraf Ghani In Secret Talks To Win Afghan Election, Prevent Iran-Style Protests

The Independent | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

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Jerome Starkey in Kabul | The Independent With less than two weeks to go until national elections, the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, is trying to c...

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"Green Shoots" of Democracy in Afghanistan

Olivia Sterns | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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Olivia Sterns

The forces of democracy are at work but they up against the violence of the insurgency and they are up against the state.

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2 US Troops Killed In Afghanistan

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama's special envoy said Friday that Afghanistan's upcoming presidential contest will be imperfect, but...

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Afghan Election: Karzai Reelection No Longer A Guarantee

Washington Post | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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His portrait adorns giant billboards in every corner of the capital: hugging a child, making a speech and smiling serenely atop comforting platitudes ...

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Karzai: Afghan Guards Employed By US Killed Police

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and ...

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Zalmay Khalilzad, Former US Envoy, May Take Key Role In Afghan Government

nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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Zalmay Khalilzad, who was President George W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan, could assume a powerful, unelected position inside the Afghan governme...

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Obama, Zardari, Karzai Meet To Discuss Taliban's Growing Strength

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took on high-stakes diplomacy with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday, seeking more coopera...

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Mohammad Fahim, Former Warlord, Chosen By Karzai As Running Mate

Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai officially registered his candidacy Monday for the presidential election this August 20th, and in so doing, selected ex-...

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Afghan 'Rape' Law Could Jeopardize European Involvement: NATO Chief

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

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Nato's head says it could be difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to Afghanistan because of controversial new laws....

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Karzai 'Rape Law' Draws International Fire

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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The Afghan law signed by President Karzai last month -- that essentially legalizes the rape of Shia women within marriage -- is drawing wide criticism...

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Hamid Karzai And The Cancer Of Corruption

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

Hamid Karzai is no lay down misére for the August elections and for all the violence and insecurity in Afghanistan, it may well be his tolerance for corruption that seals his fate.

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Karzai Accused Of Bid To 'Legalise Rape'

The Independent | Jerome Starkey in Kabul | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women's groups and the United Nations warn. Critics claim the presiden...

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Karzai's Presidential Term Extended 3 More Months

Quqnoos | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Afghan top court has extended Karzai's presidential term for additional three months till the transition of power in August 09. ...

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