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Abdullah Abdullah speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Kabul in April 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Afghan election commission workers unload ballot boxes at the IEC (Independent Election Commission) in Kandahar on April 7, 2014. (AFP/Banaras KHAN)
Rivals cry foul as early results put Abdullah ahead in Afghan capital
Kabul, Reuters—Preliminary tallies from Afghanistan’s presidential election showed former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah leading in parts of Kabul on Monday but, with ballot counting likely to last weeks, it was far too early to predict a winner. The two...Caption:
Afghan election workers write numbers on ballot boxes at a counting center in Kabul April 6, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
Smooth Afghan election raises questions about Taliban’s strength
Kabul, Reuters—A bigger-than-expected turnout in Afghanistan’s presidential election and the Taliban’s failure to significantly disrupt the vote has raised questions about the capacity of the insurgents to tip the country back into chaos as foreign troops...Caption:
Afghan voters wait outside a polling station in Jalalabad on April 5, 2014. Afghan voters went to the polls to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, braving Taliban threats in a landmark election held as US-led forces wind down their long intervention in the country. AFP PHOTO/NOORULLAH SHIRZADA
Afghans vote in landmark poll, undeterred by threats
Kabul and Kandahar, Reuters—Voting was largely peaceful in Afghanistan’s presidential election on Saturday, with only isolated attacks on polling stations as a country racked by decades of chaos embarked on its first-ever democratic transfer of power. A roadside...Caption:
TOPSHOTS An Afghan villager carries election materials over his shoulders as he hikes back to his village along a country road high in the mountains of Shutul District in northern Afghanistan on April 4, 2014. Afghans will vote on April 5 in the country’s third presidential election to choose a successor to Hamid Karzai, who […]