Afghanistan Election

Deadly Afghan election marred by fraud complaints

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jun 2014

Election officials in Afghanistan are sifting through scores of fraud complaints after insurgents killed at least 50 people on polling day.

Afghan polls open in run-off presidential election

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Jun 2014

Afghans have lined up to vote in a second-round presidential election despite Taliban threats as US-led combat troops wind down a 13-year war.

Afghanistan elections a ‘huge success’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Apr 2014

Exceeding turnout predictions, thousands of Afghans took to the polls to cast their votes for a new president despite Taliban threats.

Afghan voters brave Taliban, weather to cast ballots

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Apr 2014

Despite cold weather and the Taliban rejecting Afghanistan's election as a foreign plot, voters turned out in large numbers to choose a new president.

Landmark Afghan election begins under shadow of violence

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Apr 2014

Voting has begun in Afghanistan's presidential election, marking the first democratic transfer of power since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.

Afghanistan needs a Madiba

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Apr 2014

Violent opposition to Afghanistan's April 5 election aside, the true democratic challenge will begin after the poll.

Afghanistan votes – ‘Our problem is we have no Mandela’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Apr 2014

On Saturday Afghanistan votes for a new president. The M&G spoke to the UN's special representative for Afghanistan ahead of the country's elections.

Afghanistan’s vice-president Fahim dies

Article Katharine Houreld - 9 Mar 2014

The powerful Afghan vice-president Marshal MQ Fahim has died of natural causes, weeks before the country goes to the polls.

Intimidation, fraud claims cast shadow over Afghan poll

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Sep 2010

Concerns were growing on Monday about intimidation and fraud in Afghanistan's parliamentary election.

Afghanistan to vote in shadow of rising Taliban insurgency

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Sep 2010

Millions of Afghans are expected to defy Taliban threats and vote in a poll on Saturday seen as a crucial step towards building democracy.

Afghanistan fears election bloodshed

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Aug 2009

Afghanistan's 17-million voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday with security forces on high alert against a threatened Taliban onslaught.

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