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| Afghanistan disqualifies 16 from presidential race | |
| 2013-10-23 | |
| AfghanistanÂ’s election commission has disqualified 16 minor candidates from the race for the countryÂ’s next president but all the top favorites easily qualified to run in the April vote. The Independent Election Commission said Tuesday the 16 were eliminated because of improper documents and other violations. IEC chief Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani says they have 20 days to appeal the commission decision. Nuristani says this leaves 10 in the race, out of 26 candidates who originally applied to contest the election. The 10 include political heavyweights such as Afghan President Hamid KarzaiÂ’s brother and several former warlords.
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| Posted by:Steve White |