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Afghan rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (L) and Ashraf Ghani (R) exchange signed agreements for the country’s unity government in Kabul September 21, 2014 (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
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Afghan rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (L) and Ashraf Ghani (R) exchange signed agreements for the country’s unity government in Kabul September 21, 2014 (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
Afghanistan’s presidential rivals sign deal for power-sharing government
Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates signed a deal on Sunday to share power after months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilized the nation at a crucial time as most foreign troops prepare to leave. Ashraf Ghani, a former...Caption:
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
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...Caption:
An Afghan election commission worker carries a ballot box as workers wait to begin the audit of the presidential run-off vote in the country’s general election at a counting centre in Kabul on August 27, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai)
Afghan election audit disrupted as candidate threatens to walk out
Kabul, Reuters—Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah withdrew observers from a UN-supervised audit of votes on Wednesday, a member of his team said, after threatening to pull out of an agreement to resolve a deadlocked election. The audit of ballots from a...Caption:
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)