Afghanistan: As elections approach
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Presidential elections will be held in Afghanistan on April 5, 2014. Incumbent president Hamid Karzai will not be eligible to run in the elections due to term limits. A total of 27 candidates were confirmed to have been running for office. However, on October 22, Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission disqualified 16 of the candidates, leaving only 11 in the race. Opinion polls show Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Dr Ashraf Ghani as the front-runners. Afghanistan's April 5 election is the third presidential poll since the fall of the Taliban.
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Mar 24, 2014 09:11am
For all intents and purposes, corrupt and boneheaded Karzai, would manipulate the elections in favolr of his handpicked nominee, that would plunge the country into a colossal crisis
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