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| Afghanistan |
| Deadly attacks mar high turnout at Afghan vote |
| 2014-06-15 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Millions of Afghans turned out to vote Saturday in a presidential run-off election despite Taliban threats and violence that killed nearly 50 people ahead of the withdrawal of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... troops later this year. Afghan officials said more than seven million people voted, a higher than expected turnout of 52 percent based on an estimated electorate of 13.5 million voters. But fraud allegations were likely from both campaign teams after the election, and a close count could lead to a contested result as the country undergoes its first democratic transfer of power. The election will decide whether former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... or ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani leads the country into a new era of declining international military and civilian assistance. On the campaign trail, both candidates had offered similar pledges to tackle rampant corruption, build much-needed infrastructure and protect citizens from violence. Polling day saw no major attacks in cities, but at least 150 other incidents including a Taliban rocket that hit a house near a polling station in the eastern province of Khost ...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency... , killing five members of the same family. "Eleven police, 15 ANA (Afghanistan National Army) and 20 civilians were martyred," Interior Minister Omar Daudzai told news hounds, adding that about 60 hard boyz were also killed in fighting. "Election security was better than the first round despite level of threats being higher," he said. "People voted to reject the murderous Moslems. There were some casualties on our side, but the enemy has failed." Independent Election Commission chief Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani admitted there had been problems with ballot paper shortages, as in the first round election in April. President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... is due to step down after ruling Afghanistan since 2001, when a US-led offensive ousted the austere Taliban regime for sheltering Al-Qaeda hard boyz behind the 9/11 attacks. "We are very proud to be choosing our favourite candidate," he said after voting. "Today Afghanistan goes from a transition period towards long-lasting peace." A smooth handover would be a major achievement for the international effort to establish a functioning state after the depredations of the Taliban era. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Ah the Queen of the Motionless Pictures. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-15 05:34 |
| #2 The Taliban; making friends and influencing people wherever they go.~ Jane Russell, for the people. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-15 01:49 |
| #1 Still, nice work. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-06-15 00:55 |