by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 26, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, fulfilling a vow made during his presidential election campaign to make a religious pilgrimage to the country. President Ghani was welcomed to Riyadh by Saudi Arabia’s Crown...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2014 | World
Kabul, AP—Two clear front-runners emerged in Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sunday, as partial results showed a tight race between President Hamid Karzai’s closest rival in the last vote and a former World Bank official. With 10 percent of the...
by Ahmad Quraishi | Feb 14, 2014 | Features
Kabul, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the longest presidential election campaigns in the world is under way in Afghanistan. It precedes an election that is widely seen as being crucial to the nation’s future stability. Should it prove to be free and fair, it could be the...
