(Al Jazeera English: November 19, 2009) Hamid Karzai has been sworn in to serve his second term as president of Afghanistan. In Pakistan, another suicide bomber has attacked the city...
(Al Jazeera English: November 18, 2009) Preparations for Iraqi elections originally scheduled for January have been postponed after the election plan was vetoed by Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. In Afghanistan,...
(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,...
(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 29, 2009) Election run-off is few days away in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai's brother is on the CIA's payroll. Should Obama send more troops to Afghanistan? And...
(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 23, 2009) Afghanistan's recent election was hailed as an example of "democracy." But more than one million ballots were discounted due to fraud. Why isn't Karzai...
(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...
(Al Jazeera English: September 16, 2009) Results from Afghanistan's presidential elections are in question according to European Union observers, potentially leading to a runoff between incumbent President Hamid Karzai and...
This Al Jazeera English news update looks at the disputed Afghan presidential election results, which currently have President Hamid Karzai leading with 54% of the vote. Also covered: Somali piracy...
(Global Pulse: August 21, 2009) Afghan women can now vote and run for office, but they are still second-class citizens. Domestic violence is entrenched in society, the majority of women...
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...
This Al Jazeera English news update looks at the early release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, freed due to...
This Al Jazeera English news update looks in depth at the upcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan, where campaigning has ended, security is tight and there have already been allegations of...
