Karzai counts on tribal vote to win Kandahar

The Guardian by Jon Boone | Aug. 16, 2009 (News Report)

The second-largest city in Afghanistan provided the springboard for the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s and is key to Thursday's historic presidential poll. Seeking a second term, Hamid Karzai is relying on ethnic affiliations to give him a crucial victory in his Pashtun heartland. But the Taliban have threatened dire consequences for those who dare to come out and vote Full Story »

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Experts say that Kandahar has been comprehensively infiltrated at every level by insurgents who are methodically taking control of the city. “When the Taliban take ... More »

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