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Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani (C) gestures during the start of the sorting of presidential ballot papers for the audit and recounting at the counting center at a warehouse in Kabul on July 17, 2014. (AFP/Wakil Khosar)

Opinion: A Way Out of Afghanistan’s Presidential Impasse

by Amir Taheri | Jul 18, 2014 | Opinion

By refusing to ride the tiger of demagoguery, Afghan presidential rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have demonstrated a welcome degree of statesmanship. Rather than pushing their country towards conflict—perhaps even civil war—the two men have agreed to sort...

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Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (R) and Ashraf Ghani (C) embrace as US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) looks on at a press conference announcing an audit of the votes cast in the country’s general election at the United Nations Compound in Kabul on late July 12, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/Jim Bourg)

Disputed Afghan election to be recounted in full

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—US State Secretary John Kerry convinced Afghanistan’s feuding presidential candidates on Saturday to agree to a total recount of last month’s presidential election, which has threatened to split the country along ethnic lines. After two days...

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Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry as he sends him off after a dinner at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Kerry pushes for a deal in second day of talks on Afghan vote crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 12, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry scrambled to produce a deal by the end of Saturday to end Afghanistan’s election crisis, meeting for the second day with the country’s two presidential candidates and incumbent President Hamid Karzai. The...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani (L) before a meeting at the US embassy in Kabul on July 11, 2014. (Reuters/Jim Bourg)

Kerry, other diplomats focus on audit to resolve disputed Afghan vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 11, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday Afghanistan’s transition to a self-reliant state hung in the balance after a contested presidential election and urged Afghan officials to focus on auditing the vote count to underpin its legitimacy....

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Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a press conference at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Supporters of Afghanistan’s Abdullah rally after disputed vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Thousands of supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah rallied in central Kabul on Tuesday in a gesture of defiance after his rival, Ashraf Ghani, was declared the winner of last month’s run-off vote. Preliminary results showed...