Afghan officials unveil plans for runoff

Los Angeles Times by Alexandra Zavis | Oct. 30, 2009 (News Report)

Afghan election officials said Thursday that they would increase the number of voting centers for next week's presidential runoff election, disregarding U.N. advice to open fewer sites to prevent the rampant fraud that characterized the first round of balloting. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Afghanistan, United Nations, Foreign Policy
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Oct 30, 2009 - 8:26 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), James Canning (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Oct 30, 2009 - 8:27 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 30, 2009

Where are the quotes from Afghan voters?

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 by James Canning - Oct. 30, 2009

Good report, but it avoids the issue of whether the elections of a president, nationwide, even make sense in a country like Afghanistan.

I continue to see Hamid Karzai as the best man for an exceedingly difficult situation. Notions of "democracy" in the style of the US are absurd in ... More »

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