Tag Archive: fraud allegations

Karzai, Abdullah have agreed to ‘work together’ to end election deadlock: French FM

Kabul, Oct. 18 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his top challenger Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to “work together” for a possible runoff vote to end the deadlock on the controversial general elections.

“They talked, both of them, about the necessity of working together,” Kouchner said in Kabul [...]

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Karzai’s first time hint at runoff voting in Afghanistan

Washington, Oct. 16 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has hinted at the possibility of holding an election runoff with his main opponent and former Foreign Minister, Abdullah Abdullah.

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Said Tayeb Jawad, said that the Karzai government is preparing for the Afghanistan Election Commission to announce that a runoff was necessary.

“Chances [...]

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Envoy says his removal from Afghanistan sends out a bad signal about the UN

London, Oct.1 (ANI): The senior UN envoy, who was removed from his post in Afghanistan, has told the BBC that his dismissal has sent out “a terrible signal” to the world about the organisation.

Peter Galbraith said he believed he had been removed because of a dispute with his superior over how to handle fraud allegations [...]

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