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Afghan poll candidate killed during holiday prayers

A bomb in a graveyard in northern Afghanistan killed a parliamentary candidate and a retired policem...

Observer group alleges widespread fraud in Afghan polls

Allegations of fraud could undermine the legitimacy of the elections.

Afghan polls: Challenges and Issues

Voters in Afghanistan cast their ballots in key parliamentary polls, amid Tailban threat.

Taliban threaten to attack Afghan polling stations

Taliban vowed to attack Afghan polling to be held in September 18.

NATO not winning Afghan hearts and minds: Poll

NATO is failing to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan, according to a poll released on Friday.

Karzai criticized over Afghan poll watchdog move

Afghanistan`s main opposition has slammed President Karzai`s removal of foreign observers from a U.N...

American aide plotted to replace Karzai: Report

A top UN official in Afghanistan had proposed a plan to replace President Hamid Karzai with a more W...

Afghan run-off to take place as scheduled: Organisers

Afghanistan`s run-off election will take place as scheduled this week despite the withdrawal of Pr...

Abdullah pullout may hit Karzai`s legitimacy

Abdullah Abdullah`s withdrawal from Afghanistan`s run-off will rob Hamid incumbent Karzai of legitim...

Afghan boycott would not de-legitimise poll: Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that a boycott of the run-off election in Afg...

Taliban will not be successful in disrupting Afghan polls: WH

Acknowledging that there would be serious attempts by Taliban to disrupt the Presidential runoff e...

Will replace Afghan poll officials: UN

The United Nations is to replace more than 200 poll monitors implicated in fraud in Afghanistan`s ...

Runoff Afghan polls huge challenge: Ban

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said the decision to hold a runoff in Afghanistan in the face of "...

Brown welcomes second round of Afghan poll

British PM Gordon Brown on Tuesday welcomed the decision to hold a second round of voting in Afgha...

Afghanistan gears up for final election result

A UN-backed fraud watchdog has said it was close to a verdict in its probe of Afghan`s Prez poll, wh...

Afghan watchdog alters vote recount after criticism

UN-backed watchdog overseeing a fraud probe in Afghan vote altered its ballot-counting rules on Wedn...

UN boss sees Afghan poll results next week

The final tally in Afghanistan`s contested Presidential poll is expected to come as soon as next wee...

What’s wrong with Afghanistan?

A study of Afghan polls is of much global import. It`s not about which govt is installed. It is beca...

1.1 million votes for Afghan leader suspicious: EU

As many as a third of votes cast for Afghan incumbent Hamid Karzai in last month`s presidential elec...

Afghan`s Presidential candidate calls for criminal enquiry

Accusing Prez Karzai of staging "state engineered fraud", his main challenger in Prez polls Abdullah...

Partial Afghan poll recount ordered

The UN-backed commission charged with investigating Afghanistan`s Presidential Election said Tuesday...

Karzai increases lead to 46% in Afghan polls

Prez Hamid Karzai widened his lead in Afghanistan`s Prez race as new vote tallies were released Satu...

1 killed as Taliban ambush Afghan ballot paper truck

Taliban ambushed a truck carrying ballot papers counted after Afghanistan`s polls, setting fire to i...

22 killed as militants storm Afghan town: Police

Militants stormed a town in northern Afghanistan, launching a multi-pronged assault that sparked hea...

Afghan polls: Voters return to vote after blast

At a polling station in Afghanistan, people resumed voting after having run away after a blast.

NATO, Afghan troops on maximum alert for vote

A massive Afghan and multinational force of 300,000 went on full alert to safeguard voting and preve...

Polls close and counting begins in Afghan

The polling in Afghan passed off without major violence, despite sporadic attacks by Taliban.

Afghan polls: Karzai, Abdullah cast votes

President Hamid Karzai and leading Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday cast their b...

NATO to keep guns quiet on Afghan poll day

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has said it will halt offensive operations during this week`s Prez...

Fraud fears over Afghan poll: Rights Group

A US-based rights group raised concern on Tuesday that polls in Afghanistan this week could be compr...

Afghan poll attack fears see foreigners leave

Hundreds of foreigners are leaving Afghanistan ahead of poll amid fears of insurgent attacks.

Poll shows Afghan leader Karzai faces run-off vote

Karzai leads in the race to win re-election in 10 days` time but not by enough to avoid a second rou...

Afghan polls: NATO to deploy additional forces

In an effort to ensure free, fair and secure Presidential polls in Afghanistan, NATO would deploy 8,...

Abdullah posing serious challenge to Karzai in Afghan polls

With less than a month left for the Aug 20 Afghan Prez poll, Abdullah Abdullah, has emerged as a ser...

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