Karzai vs. Abdullah: a 30-year saga of alliance and betrayalThe recent electoral stand-off between Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is just the latest — and perhaps final — chapter in a conflict that has been going on between the two men for 30 years.
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Abdullah makes a martyr of himself, and a mockery of democracy
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah decision to withdraw from the Presidential run-off against Hamid Karzai may have made him a political martyr, but it has hurt Afghanistan’s fledgling democracy, writes Michael O’Hanlon.
Afghanistan: who’s in charge?
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s opponent in the country’s Presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah, has pulled out of the run-off race. So what happens now? A one-horse race? A win by default? No-one seems to know.
Yes, the Afghan election was fraudulent. Now what?
Amid fraud allegations, Hamid Karzai has officially ‘won’ 54% of the votes in the Afghan election. Is it more important to maintain national stability or push for a vote recount?
Voting for Afghanistan. Again and again and again
The Election Complaints Commission has already received 1157 allegations of irregularities in Afghanistan. And the allegations are not just coming from disgruntled candidates.
