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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)

Afghanistan completes election audit in step toward new president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—A UN-supervised audit of votes in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election has finished, an Afghan electoral official said on Friday. The audit of the June 14 run-off election was part of a US-brokered deal to defuse escalating tension in a...

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Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani gestures as he addresses a press conference in Kabul on July 5, 2014. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)

Afghan presidential candidate rules out coalition deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani ruled out a coalition government with his rival Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday, quashing hopes for a power-sharing deal to defuse tensions that have threatened to split Afghanistan along ethnic lines. Ghani and...

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Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah protest to demand to halt the election vote counting in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 21, 2014. (EPA/JAWAD JALALI)

Hundreds protest alleged Afghan election fraud

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 21, 2014 | World

Kabul, AP—Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets Saturday to protest against alleged fraud in last week’s presidential runoff, forcing a closure of the airport road amid escalating tensions over what Western officials had hoped would be a smooth transfer of...

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Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan candidate seeks halt to runoff vote count

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 19, 2014 | World

Kabul, AP—Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah demanded Wednesday that Afghan electoral authorities stop counting ballots from a weekend runoff vote, citing new allegations of widespread fraud. The election commission refused and appealed to all sides to await...

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Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide attack that struck the convoy of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Bombs strike Afghan candidate convoy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2014 | World

Kabul, AP—Two blasts struck the convoy of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah as it left a campaign event at a wedding hall in the capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing four civilians but leaving the candidate himself unharmed, the Interior Ministry said....