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Election Behind Him, Afghanistan's Karzai Vows to Combat Corruption
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn his first speech since winning re-election as president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai vowed to fight corruption in his government, the New York Times reported Tuesday. "Afghanistan has been tarnished by administrative corruption, and I will launch a campaign to clean the government of corruption," Karzai said. He offered few specifics, except to say that his anti-corruption crusade will not include replacing high-ranking leaders, many of whom have ties to Afghanistan's illegal opium trade. Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, is a suspected leader in the booming industry, which is a major ...
Our Man in Kabul
By David Wood - Politics DailyOn a nearly deserted road in eastern Afghanistan this autumn, I had a brief conversation with an old farmer driving a battered truck perilously overloaded with sacks of onions and melons. He had chuckled when I asked him if he was going to vote in the presidential elections. He touched the soiled turban on his head and squinted through his dirty windshield toward the distant market towns that the Taliban dominate. "There is no point in voting,'' he said. "Karzai will win anyway. You know that. He is your man.'' ...
Recounts Ordered in Fraud-Tainted Afghan Election
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAfghanistan's Election Complaints Commission has ordered a partial recount of the country's Aug. 20 presidential vote, saying it has found "clear and convincing evidence" of fraud. The commission, which is backed by the United Nations, has been investigating hundreds of fraud complaints, selected out of a growing collection that numbers in the thousands. A senior U.N. envoy had already called for a crackdown on "irregularities." ...
Afghanistan Elections and the Long War
By David Wood - Politics DailyKABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Afghan National Police Col. Gulam Motch Qaiss took me recently up to his headquarters radio room where his police would be monitoring today's elections. His responsibility extends for dozens of miles of towns and rural villages, where the Taliban are also at work to disrupt the elections (and kill Afghan cops). ...
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