Afghanistan Chooses Its Next Leader: A Primer

NPR by Corey Flintoff, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson | Aug. 20, 2009 (Special Report)

Afghanistan's second presidential election takes place Thursday amid threats of violence and voter intimidation by the Taliban. Voters will choose from incumbent Hamid Karzai and 36 other candidates, including two women. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NPR, NewsRack (Afghanistan)

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 19, 2009 - 8:24 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 20, 2009

Helpful, yes. Hardly any real reporting here, though. An intern could have done this by reading a couple dozen news clips and some Wikipedia pages.

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