Afghanistan Election

• Afghanistan president re-elected in preliminary vote count

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has won a second term, earning 50.64 per cent of a preliminary vote count, but his opponents can still challenge the results.

  Politics

  Dec 22, 2019
  
• Afghanistan faces possible political chaos after presidential election

  The latest election seems unlikely to bring the peace sought by Afghans, tired of an increasingly brutal war, or an easy exit for the United States, seeking to end its longest military engagement.

  World

  Sep 29, 2019
  
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• Afghanistan presidential election: Polls open despite threats of violence

  An upsurge in violence in the run-up to the elections, following the collapse of U.S.-Taliban talks to end America’s longest war, had already rattled Afghanistan.

  News

  Sep 28, 2019
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• Afghanistan postpones election after attack on a high-profile security meeting

  Afghanistan’s election commission on Friday postponed elections in Kandahar for a week, following a brazen attack on a high-profile security meeting there with a U.S. delegation that killed at least two senior provincial officials, including the province’s police chief.

  World

  Oct 19, 2018
• Afghanistan names new president after power sharing deal

  Ending months of vote-related tension, Afghanistan's election commission named a new president on Sunday.

  Sep 23, 2014
• Taliban militants attack Afghan election HQ ahead of vote

  It's the latest in a series of high-profile attacks that come as the Taliban steps up a campaign of violence ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.

  World

  Mar 29, 2014