(Al Jazeera English: November 3, 2009) As Hamid Karzai begins his second term as president of Afghanistan, he vows to bring unity to the country, and to listen to the...

(Al Jazeera English: November 2, 2009) After his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the runoff election, Hamid Karzai was named president of Afghanistan for five more years. In Pakistan,...

(Al Jazeera English: October 21, 2009) A runoff election is now scheduled to take place November 7 in Afghanistan following widespread fraud, and both incumbent President Hamid Karzai and rival...

(Al Jazeera English: October 20, 2009) A fraud inquiry reduced incumbent President Hamid Karzai's share of the Afghan vote to below 50%, forcing a runoff with rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah...

(Al Jazeera English: October 19, 2009) The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has finished sifting through thousands of allegedly fraudulent ballots in Afghanistan, and reports indicate that Hamid Karzai will face...

This Al Jazeera English news update covers the elections in Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai believes he has won enough votes to avoid a runoff, but rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah...