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President Hamid Karzai has just conceded that he didn’t win an outright victory in his country’s August 20 presidential vote, and Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has ordered a ...

Afghanistan's election campaign kicks off Sunday as the killing of a presidential candidate's aides highlighted the threat surrounding the poll to succeed Hamid Karzai, with NATO combat troops due to ...

Afghan officials are still counting the votes from this weekend's parliamentary elections, marked by violence, a low turnout and widespread fraud. What are the possible consequences for US policy with ...

It is still generally unstable, experts say, despite a successful September 18 parliamentary poll, Afghanistan’s first free legislative election. Taliban threats to attack polling stations turned out ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 9 -- After a relatively peaceful and orderly start, Afghanistan's first presidential election was thrown into chaos Saturday after 15 candidates opposing President Hamid ...