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/ 19 October 2009
Afghanistan remained locked in political crisis on Monday as its president resisted accepting the result of a fraud probe into August’s elections.
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/ 16 October 2009
Tension was high in Afghanistan on Friday as electoral authorities prepared to announce whether Hamid Karzai would be forced into a run-off election.
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/ 14 October 2009
Hamid Karzai is likely to face a second round run-off in early November, a former diplomat close to the US regional envoy said on Wednesday.
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/ 12 October 2009
Afghanistan’s election watchdog changed its fraud-tallying rules for the second time in less than a week on Monday.
Afghanistan’s election watchdog will treat presidential candidates as equally likely to be guilty of vote fraud in suspicious cases, new rules show.
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/ 17 September 2009
Hamid Karzai said on Thursday fraud claims in last month’s elections were exaggerated, just before six Italian troops were killed in a suicide attack.
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/ 16 September 2009
Afghan election authorities will announce the long-delayed tally from last month’s presidential vote on Wednesday, a spokesperson said.
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/ 7 September 2009
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai hopes to hold peace talks with the Taliban within 100 days if he is re-elected, he said in an interview on Monday.
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/ 4 September 2009
Nato acknowledged on Friday that large numbers of Afghan civilians were being treated in hospitals after its aircraft opened fire on hijacked tankers.
Taliban militants are filling gaps and winning support to their cause, a top counter-insurgency expert said on Monday.
Incumbent Hamid Karzai is running neck and neck with his main rival in the fraud-tainted race for the Afghan presidency.
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan on Monday threw his support behind the Electoral Complaints Commission as it probes allegations of fraud.
Afghanistan election monitors are reporting irregularities and violence — including an attack on voters with ink-stained fingers.
Hamid Karzai and his chief rival, who have both claimed election victory, have assured US officials they will respect the outcome of the poll.
Hamid Karzai’s campaign manager claimed victory on Friday in the country’s presidential election, saying there would be no need for a run-off.
”The Afghan people dared rockets, bombs and intimidation and came out to vote,” President Hamid Karzai said after polls closed on Thursday.
The UN has asked Afghanistan to lift a ban on media reporting of violence during Thursday’s election, saying the Constitution guaranteed a free press.
The turnout of voters in Afghanistan’s south will be crucial in judging the credibility of Thursday’s presidential elections.
Gunmen stormed a bank building in the Afghan capital and battled police for hours on Wednesday on the eve of a cliffhanger election.
A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a Western military convoy in the Afghan capital on Tuesday.
A Taliban rocket struck the grounds of Afghanistan’s presidential palace on Tuesday, just two days before incumbent Hamid Karzai seeks re-election.
The Taliban on Sunday threatened for the first time to attack Afghan polling stations, escalating their bid to derail key elections.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is relying on ethnic affiliations for a crucial victory in Pashtun heartland, but the Taliban have threatened voters.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have to work together to defeat a ”wildfire of terrorism” sweeping the region, the Afghan president said on Wednesday.
Barack Obama will urge the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to put aside mistrust and join Washington in an alliance against Islamic extremists.
Afghanistan’s president is delaying a law that would limit his control of media, raising worries about a ”level playing field” ahead of elections.
The US offered Taliban fighters who renounce violence in Afghanistan an ”honourable form of reconciliation” on Tuesday.
President Hamid Karzai warned the international community on Wednesday to stay clear of getting involved in governance within Afghanistan.
Presidential polls in Afghanistan can’t be held next month as demanded by President Hamid Karzai, the elections commission said on Wednesday.
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/ 18 February 2009
US forces killed at least one child, video footage showed on Wednesday, in an air strike in western Afghanistan that police say killed 12 civilians.
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/ 20 January 2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday the killing of civilians by foreign troops was a main source of instability in Afghanistan.
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/ 15 December 2008
President George Bush went into talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to assure him that the US will stand by the war-torn country.