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Ashraf Ghani speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 4, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Apr 6, 2014 | Interviews
Kabul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The world’s attention once more turned to Afghanistan as its citizens headed to the polls Saturday in presidential elections. Thirteen years after an international coalition led by the United States ousted the Taliban government,...
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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
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 5, 2014 | World
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...