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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...

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A file picture dated 06 June 2014 of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani during an election campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (EPA/MUHAMMAD SADIQ)

Afghanistan’s Ghani wins presidential election – preliminary results

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 7, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month’s presidential election run-off on Monday on preliminary results that threaten to split the country along ethnic lines. The Independent Election Commission (IEC)...