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Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga Elections Primer

(Sept. 17) -- Afghanistan will hold elections Saturday for its Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the National Assembly, as the international community watches closely to see if this year's polling runs more smoothly than last year's fraudulent presidential election. Saturday's vote was originally scheduled for May 22 but...

Karzai's Default Win Saps Afghan Democracy

KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election after opponent Abdullah Abdullah's tearful decision to pull out under protest. Karzai's victory by default douses U.S. hopes that voting would convey legitimacy on Afghanistan's inefficient and corrupt government, and some Afghan observers...

Afghan election News From the Web

11/24/10 No Final Results from Afghan Elections 11/24 05:32 Source: The Daily Record - Omaha NE No Final Results from Afghan Elections 11/24 05:32 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan election officials failed to deliver Wednesday on a promise of unequivocal final results from fraud-tainted September parliamentary elections as the country's attorney general cast further doubt on the poll by announcing a wide-ranging investigation into the vote.