WASHINGTON (PAN): Even as the issue has been denied by incumbent Hamid Karzai and his rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, a key US Senator and a close aide of the US President, today said talks on a coalition government is still continuing between the two Afghan leaders.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thursday thanked Afghan President Hamid Karzai for his hospitality during his latest stay in Kabul this week and termed him as a great host.
KABUL (PAN): As was widely anticipated, President Hamid Karzai and his principal political rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah are said to have finally sealed a power-sharing deal on forming a coalition government -- a move that negates pre- and post-election postures of the two leaders.
KABUL (PAN): In a widely-anticipated move, President Hamid Karzai Tuesday announced the fraud-tainted presidential elections had gone to the run-off stage. The second round of polls between him and runner-up Dr. Abdullah Abdullah will take place on November 7.
KABUL (PAN): In a widely-anticipated move, President Hamid Karzai Tuesday announced the fraud-tainted presidential elections had gone to the run-off stage. The second round of polls between him and runner-up Dr. Abdullah Abdullah will take place on November 7.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) Tuesday announced a presidential runoff election would be held on November 7, saying no contender had won an outright majority in the rigging-marred August 20 vote.
KABUL (PAN): The UN-backed electoral watchdog said on Monday it would hand over the findings of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the troubled presidential elections, held on August 20, to the Independent Election Commission later in the day.
KABUL (PAN): The UN-backed electoral watchdog Monday submitted the findings of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the troubled presidential elections, held on August 20, to the Independent Election Commission later in the day.
KABUL (PAN): After an agonosingly long wait of nearly two months, the UN-backed electoral watchdog Monday finalised its decisions with respect to polling and counting for the presidential elections.
KABUL (PAN): In an expected reaction, President Hamid Karzai's camp has slammed the UN-backed panel's decisions on alleged vote fraud as 'complex,' rejecting the findings as illegal. But former foreign minister Dr. Abdullah hailed the inquiry outcome as a positive move.
