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| Afghanistan |
| Hamid Karzai nominated to lead Afghanistan |
| 2002-06-13 |
| Interim leader Hamid Karzai was formally nominated Thursday as a candidate for head of state by a grand council meeting to choose a transitional government. Karzai's candidacy was backed by a former mujahedeen fighter, Mohammed Asef Mohsoni, who submitted a list with 450 names - triple the number required to confirm the nomination. Mohsoni is head of the Shia Harakat-i-Islami party, which was a part of the United Front/Northern Alliance and is probably the local Iranian proxy... Also nominated were Masooda Jalal, a female employee of the World Food program; Glam Fareq Majidi and Mir Mohammed Mahfoz Nadai. No details were immediately available about Nadai and Majidi, whose candidacy was declared invalid because he garnered only 101 signatures of support. Karzai, of course, is gonna get the nod. The Afghans don't have the senzayuma yet to vote in Masooda, and she'd probably turn out to be a Mary Robinson wannabe anyway. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |