Afghan tallies have Karzai lead widening (UPI)
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) — Vote tallies released Saturday show Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead in Afghanistan’s presidential election.
Tally in Afghanistan Shows Karzai Lead Widening (New York Times)
The country s Independent Election Commission has been slow in releasing partial results from the Aug. 20 presidential vote, while accusations of fraud have mounted.
Karzai Increases Lead In Afghan Election, Fraud Accusations Pour In To Electoral Complaint Commission (The Huffington Post)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s campaign manager Haji Din Mohammad, smiles after hearing the results of Hamid Karzai during an event of announcing the results of the presidential election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009. President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah both have roughly 40 percent of the nationwide vote for president with 10 percent of ballots counted …
Karzai lead widens in Afghan vote (MSNBC)
Afghanistan’s election commission says President Hamid Karzai has increased his lead over his top challenger and is inching closer to the important 50 percent threshold.
Afghan’s Karzai extends poll lead (BBC News)
President Hamid Karzai extends his lead over his main rival in the Afghan presidential election, official results show.
Karzai widens lead in Afghan election race (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Incumbent Hamid Karzai on Saturday pulled further ahead of his main rival in the race for the Afghan presidency, based on the latest results unveiled by the country’s election commission.
Karzai widens lead in Afghan vote (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday inched closer to the prospect of outright victory in elections marred by allegations of massive fraud and international concerns about its credibility.
Antonio Maria Costa on the Taliban’s Drug Dealers (Newsweek)
After spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to eradicate the fields of poppies that produce opium in Afghanistan, the U.S. suddenly announced in June that, in the words of special AfPak envoy Richard Holbrooke, “eradication is a waste of money.” Instead, NATO and Afghan forces are trying to focus on the nexus between the opium trade and Taliban financing. Nobody has watched these …
British PM in surprise Afghan visit reports (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, where he pledged to speed up the training of Afghan security forces, the BBC and Sky News reported.
Karzai increases lead in Afghan election (Detroit News)
Kabul — President Hamid Karzai widened his lead over his main challenger in election returns released Saturday, creeping toward the 50 percent mark that would enable him to avoid a run-off in the divisive presidential contest.
Karzai extends Afghan vote lead (The Malaysian Insider)
KABUL, Aug 30 Partial Afghan election returns released yesterday showed President Hamid Karzai extending his lead in last week s vote, but still falling short of the 50 per cent needed to avoid a run-off. Afghanistan has been on tenterhooks since the Aug 20 election, with official results coming out in slow drips, Karzai s camp claiming victory and his main rival, former foreign minister …
