Karzai Declared President As Election Runoff Canceled

Time by Aryn Baker | Nov. 2, 2009 (News Analysis)

If the Obama Administration had hoped that pressuring President Hamid Karzai into accepting a runoff election would strengthen the legitimacy of the resulting Afghan government, those hopes have now been dashed. Karzai has been declared the elected President of Afghanistan by election-poll officials, after they scrapped the planned second round of the vote. Independent Election Commission chairman Azizullah Lodin announced that Karzai was the victor during ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 2, 2009 - 7:26 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Richard Riehl (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Nov 2, 2009 - 7:26 AM PST
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 2, 2009

Purports to capture the views of quite a few Afghans -- and Americans -- but seems to omit some key data. Good analysis.

The small mandate may matter little in Afghanistan, where most people are simply relieved that the long wait is over. But it may make more problems for the Obama ... More »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 2, 2009

Factual report about the confirmation of Hamid Karzai as elected President of Afghanistan for a second term. This short article gives useful context from a number of Afghan sources to help interpret the impact of that new development.

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Richard Riehl
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 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 2, 2009

This is a good summary of what happened to the planned runoff election, but it is VERY thinly sourced. Phrases like "Most Afghans acknowledge" that Abdullah had little chance of winning and quoting only a 19-year-old student as evidence of that, and "some election officials" said the runoff should be scrapped, with nobody quoted, and "most people" in Afghanistan are relieved the long wait is over, raise questions about this reporter's objectivity.

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