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 »

Posted by Derek Hawkins

See All Reviews »

View | |

To:


Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.

Note:

Review

Silhouette_sml
4.7
 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 the context of Iraq and Afghanistan.

(7 answers)

James's Rating

Overall
4.7

Very good
from 7 answers
Quality
5.0
Facts
5.0
Fairness
5.0
Sourcing
5.0
Popularity
3.5
Recommendation
3.0
Credibility
4.0
More How our ratings work »