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Afghan President, Rejecting US Peace Plan, To Offer Polls In 6 Months: Report
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will propose a new presidential election within six months under a peace plan he will put forward as a counter-offer to a U.S. proposal that he rejects, two senior government officials told Reuters.
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With Nearly All Data In, Afghan Voter Turnout At Record Low
Voter participation in last weekend's Afghan presidential election will be much less than a third, the country's Independent Election Commission said Tuesday, marking a record-low turnout.
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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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Suicide Attack On Kabul Election Workers Kills One, Injures Six
A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday killed at least one person and wounded six, officials said, in the latest violence to strike the controversial poll.
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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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Dozens Of Casualties As Multiple Blasts Hit Kabul Polling Centres
Multiple explosions rocked polling centres across Kabul on Saturday, as voters cast their ballots in long-delayed legislative elections.
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Taliban Plans Attack On Afghan Security Forces During Elections
The Taliban on Monday vowed to target government security forces in upcoming parliamentary elections, as US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with Afghan leaders to discuss ways to end the 17-year war.
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Taliban Meets Afghanistan Officials Ahead Of Elections: Sources
Representatives from the Taliban met an Afghan government delegation in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss security ahead of next month's parliamentary elections and a limited prisoner release, three Taliban officials said.
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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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Better Late Than Never: Afghan President to NDTV on Delayed India Visit
Seven months after taking over as Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani is arriving on his first state visit to India today. Since his inauguration, Mr Ghani had visited China and Pakistan. When asked whether the timeline of his foreign visits was a reflection of his priorities, the Afghanistan President used a popular Dari proverb, "Der ayad, durust...
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Young Afghans Go Online to Find Friendship and Love
Frustrated by strict social rules, young and educated Afghans are quickly learning that taboos can be sidestepped at the tap of a mobile phone.
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Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Sign National Unity Deal to Form Government
Nearly six months of wrangling and two rounds of Presidential polls in Afghanistan have finally culminated in the signing of a national unity government deal between the two rivals: Dr Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah.
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Afghan Rivals Set to Sign Unity Government Deal After Messy Election
Rival candidates in the bitterly disputed Afghan presidential election will sign an agreement on a unity government on Sunday, aides said, potentially easing months of tension that destabilised Afghanistan while foreign troops withdraw.
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Afghan Presidential Vote Result to Come on Sunday
A spokesman for Afghanistan's election commission says the final results of the country's presidential election will be released on Sunday following a weeks-long audit for fraudulent ballots.
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Afghan President, Rejecting US Peace Plan, To Offer Polls In 6 Months: Report
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will propose a new presidential election within six months under a peace plan he will put forward as a counter-offer to a U.S. proposal that he rejects, two senior government officials told Reuters.
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With Nearly All Data In, Afghan Voter Turnout At Record Low
Voter participation in last weekend's Afghan presidential election will be much less than a third, the country's Independent Election Commission said Tuesday, marking a record-low turnout.
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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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Suicide Attack On Kabul Election Workers Kills One, Injures Six
A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday killed at least one person and wounded six, officials said, in the latest violence to strike the controversial poll.
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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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Dozens Of Casualties As Multiple Blasts Hit Kabul Polling Centres
Multiple explosions rocked polling centres across Kabul on Saturday, as voters cast their ballots in long-delayed legislative elections.
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Taliban Plans Attack On Afghan Security Forces During Elections
The Taliban on Monday vowed to target government security forces in upcoming parliamentary elections, as US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with Afghan leaders to discuss ways to end the 17-year war.
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Taliban Meets Afghanistan Officials Ahead Of Elections: Sources
Representatives from the Taliban met an Afghan government delegation in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss security ahead of next month's parliamentary elections and a limited prisoner release, three Taliban officials said.
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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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Better Late Than Never: Afghan President to NDTV on Delayed India Visit
Seven months after taking over as Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani is arriving on his first state visit to India today. Since his inauguration, Mr Ghani had visited China and Pakistan. When asked whether the timeline of his foreign visits was a reflection of his priorities, the Afghanistan President used a popular Dari proverb, "Der ayad, durust...
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Young Afghans Go Online to Find Friendship and Love
Frustrated by strict social rules, young and educated Afghans are quickly learning that taboos can be sidestepped at the tap of a mobile phone.
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Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Sign National Unity Deal to Form Government
Nearly six months of wrangling and two rounds of Presidential polls in Afghanistan have finally culminated in the signing of a national unity government deal between the two rivals: Dr Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah.
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Afghan Rivals Set to Sign Unity Government Deal After Messy Election
Rival candidates in the bitterly disputed Afghan presidential election will sign an agreement on a unity government on Sunday, aides said, potentially easing months of tension that destabilised Afghanistan while foreign troops withdraw.
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Afghan Presidential Vote Result to Come on Sunday
A spokesman for Afghanistan's election commission says the final results of the country's presidential election will be released on Sunday following a weeks-long audit for fraudulent ballots.
