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"My Dear Friend...": Ashraf Ghani On PM Modi's Call On Afghan Polls
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him to "congratulate on winning the preliminary results" in the Afghan election. Afghan election officials on Sunday announced that President Ghani secured 50.64 per cent votes amid allegations of fraud and malpractice in the September 28 election.
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Afghan Presidential Vote Held In Relative Calm, But Turnout Low
Tight security ensured Afghanistan's presidential election was held on Saturday in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting system heightened fears an unclear result could drive the country into further chaos.
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Taliban Cut Off Afghan Man's Finger For Voting, He Defied Them Again
The Taliban cut off Safiullah Safi's right forefinger for voting in 2014. That did not stop the businessman from doing it again.
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Afghan Voters Head To Polls Amid Deadly Violence
Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security Saturday, even as insurgents attacked polling centres in a series of blasts across the country that left at least one person dead.
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Afghan Residents Risk Their Lives To Vote In Delayed Kandahar Poll
Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief delayed the ballot by a week.
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As Afghanistan Votes For A New Parliament, Terror Attacks Leave 170 Dead
Afghan election workers began counting votes on Saturday following a partial legislative ballot tarnished by scores of deadly terror attacks, technical glitches and administrative chaos.
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"If We Vote, We'll Be Killed" - Taliban Threaten To Burn Down Houses In Afghan Villages
Villagers in Afghanistan say the Taliban have been telling them not to vote in elections planned later this year, threatening to burn down the house of anyone who does, in a bid to derail a vote seen as a major test of government credibility.
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Afghanistan's Vice President Is Known For Brutality. But This Time He May Have Gone Too Far.
For 30 years, Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum has reigned as northern Afghanistan's untouchable warrior-king: first as a ruthless pro-communist general, later as an armed U.S. ally against the Taliban and finally as a reliable, if unsavory, political boss who could deliver votes from his ethnic Uzbek followers.
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Afghan Lawmakers Reject Woman's Nomination for Supreme Court: Report
Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday rejected the first nomination of a woman for the country's Supreme Court after she failed to win the required vote of confidence, a media report said.
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Afghan Leader Extends Parliament's Term, Promises Election Date
With elections delayed by political squabbling, Afghanistan's president issued a decree on Friday extending parliament's mandate until a vote could be held.
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"My Dear Friend...": Ashraf Ghani On PM Modi's Call On Afghan Polls
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him to "congratulate on winning the preliminary results" in the Afghan election. Afghan election officials on Sunday announced that President Ghani secured 50.64 per cent votes amid allegations of fraud and malpractice in the September 28 election.
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Afghan Presidential Vote Held In Relative Calm, But Turnout Low
Tight security ensured Afghanistan's presidential election was held on Saturday in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting system heightened fears an unclear result could drive the country into further chaos.
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Taliban Cut Off Afghan Man's Finger For Voting, He Defied Them Again
The Taliban cut off Safiullah Safi's right forefinger for voting in 2014. That did not stop the businessman from doing it again.
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Afghan Voters Head To Polls Amid Deadly Violence
Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security Saturday, even as insurgents attacked polling centres in a series of blasts across the country that left at least one person dead.
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Afghan Residents Risk Their Lives To Vote In Delayed Kandahar Poll
Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief delayed the ballot by a week.
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As Afghanistan Votes For A New Parliament, Terror Attacks Leave 170 Dead
Afghan election workers began counting votes on Saturday following a partial legislative ballot tarnished by scores of deadly terror attacks, technical glitches and administrative chaos.
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"If We Vote, We'll Be Killed" - Taliban Threaten To Burn Down Houses In Afghan Villages
Villagers in Afghanistan say the Taliban have been telling them not to vote in elections planned later this year, threatening to burn down the house of anyone who does, in a bid to derail a vote seen as a major test of government credibility.
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Afghanistan's Vice President Is Known For Brutality. But This Time He May Have Gone Too Far.
For 30 years, Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum has reigned as northern Afghanistan's untouchable warrior-king: first as a ruthless pro-communist general, later as an armed U.S. ally against the Taliban and finally as a reliable, if unsavory, political boss who could deliver votes from his ethnic Uzbek followers.
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Afghan Lawmakers Reject Woman's Nomination for Supreme Court: Report
Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday rejected the first nomination of a woman for the country's Supreme Court after she failed to win the required vote of confidence, a media report said.
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Afghan Leader Extends Parliament's Term, Promises Election Date
With elections delayed by political squabbling, Afghanistan's president issued a decree on Friday extending parliament's mandate until a vote could be held.
