Posts Tagged ‘Election’

Voter Turnout in Afghan Parliamentary Election in Contention

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter on 18 September 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Associated Press, Election, Parliament, Twitter, Voter Turnout, Wolesi Jirga with no comments

The people of Afghanistan took to the polls today in the nation’s Parliamentary elections. Despite attacks and threats of violence, the people of Afghanistan did indeed come out to vote. However, the exact number of those Afghans exercising their civic duties is still in contention: The election commission has yet to provide an overall turnout [...]

Dr. Abdullah on Karzai’s Second Term ‘Without the People’s Support’

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 4 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera English, AP, Associated Press, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, China Daily, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ECC, Election, Election Complaints Commission, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Kabul, Presidential Election, run-off, runoff, runoff election, Sydney Morning Herald, taliban, Violence, Vote Fraud, Voter Fraud, Youtube with no comments

At a press conference today, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah spoke out on Hamid Karzai’s second term as President of Afghanistan. At the press conference, Dr. Abdullah continued to call out the IEC for their pro-Karzai stance and stated that Karzai’s second term in office comes without the support of the Afghan people: “This decision does not [...]

Video : Dr. Abdullah Supporters on Election Outcome, Karzai ‘Stole’ Presidency

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, fame, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 3 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massood, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Al Jazeera English, AP, Associated Press, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, Barack Hussein Obama, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ECC, Election, Election Complaints Commission, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Fazel Sancharaki, Hamid Karzai, Hashem Ahelbarra, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Kabul, Lion of Panshir, Panjshir, Panjshir Valley, Panshir, Presidential Election, run-off, runoff, runoff election, Tajik, taliban, Talking Points Memo, Video, Violence, Vote Fraud, Voter Fraud, Youtube with no comments

“The first thing Karzai must do is to clamp down on corruption, restore security and provide jobs for people“

Karzai and Taliban on Afghan Election Outcome

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 3 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera English, Associated Press, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, Barack Hussein Obama, BBC, CNN, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ECC, Election, Election Complaints Commission, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Fazel Sancharaki, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Kabul, Presidential Election, run-off, runoff, runoff election, Sara Sidner, taliban, Talking Points Memo, Video, Violence, Vote Fraud, Voter Fraud with no comments

Hamid Karzai gave a speech today in Kabul about his second term in office as President of Afghanistan: “I would also call to the Taliban to … join the government … with respect to the Afghan constitution.” “To make sure that the taxpayers‘ money coming to us from your countries is spent wisely and rightly, [...]

Dr. Bashardost on Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Deserving of Nobel Prizes in Election Fraud

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics on 2 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Afghan election, Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ramazan Bashardost, ECC, Election, Election Complaints Commission, Election Fraud, Electoral Complaints Commission, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Kabul, Mr. Bean, Nobel Prize, Presidential Election, run-off, runoff, runoff election, taliban, Times of London, Video, Violence, Vote Fraud, Voter Fraud with no comments

In an interview dated today, the Times of London spoke to Dr. Ramazan Bashardost who came in third in the August Presidential elections in Afghanistan. Dr. Bashardost takes Dr. Abdullah and Hamid Karzai to task as two parts of the same problem in Afghanistan. According to Dr. Bashardost, no change can come to Afghanistan until [...]