Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai stories: 143 news summaries

21 - 40 of 143 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 8 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

Karzai's Rival
May Boycott
Runoff Vote

Abdullah demands
overhaul of Afghan
election commission

Oct 26, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s strongest political challenger may boycott next month's planned runoff election if the country’s election commission is not completely purged of Karzai supporters. Abdullah Abdullah has consistently charged that without a commission overhaul the vote-rigging which marred the original election is bound to be repeated.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • United Nations • Hamid Karzai • disputed election • election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

AFGHAN ELECTION

 Karzai Nixes 
 Power-Sharing 
 Government 

Abdullah says result will be same without new election officials

Oct 25, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Both candidates for Afghanistan's presidency focused on the Nov. 7 runoff yesterday, with Hamid Karzai declaring that there would be no power-sharing government, while challenger Abdullah Abdullah voiced concern that without the ouster of top election officials, the tainted outcome would be no different. "So long as these people... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Taliban • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • runoff election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Clinton Boosts Kerry 
 on Afghan Mission 
 
 

Old rivals appear to forge durable alliance

Oct 22, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was instrumental in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election—but it was what she didn’t do that mattered most. She didn’t interfere with erstwhile rival John Kerry’s mission. In fact, sources say, Clinton facilitated the meeting between Kerry and Karzai... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Hamid Karzai • secretary of State • runoff election • election • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Obama administration

Afghanistan strategy

 Obama Uses 
 Troop Bump 
 to Pressure Karzai 




US wants clean election, and could support a coalition government

Oct 22, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(AP) - The US built pressure on Hamid Karzai yesterday, with both Barack Obama and John Kerry signaling that a troop increase could hinge on a successful runoff election, and that the Obama administration would be receptive to a power-sharing deal between Karzai and his chief rival. A coalition government could provide... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John Kerry • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan election

UN to Sack Half of Afghan Election Officials

Ban Ki-Moon plans measures to ensure widespread fraud isn't repeated

Oct 21, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Nations learned "quite a painful lesson" from the widespread fraud in Afghanistan's August election, and aims to rout out corrupt voting supervisors next time around, Ban Ki-Moon said yesterday. The UN secretary-general said more than half of the election officials should be removed before next month's runoff... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • disputed election • Ban Ki-Moon • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

ANALYSIS

 Karzai Took Major 
 Arm-Twisting to OK Runoff 

Round 2 of Afghan election no panacea, either

Oct 21, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's concession yesterday that an election runoff was necessary may have brought Afghanistan back from political paralysis, but another ballot is no sure solution. The potential for fraud—more than a quarter of first round ballots were thrown out—has not abated, the New York Times notes. Today Abdullah... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John Kerry • Gordon Brown • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Afghan Runoff Set for Nov. 7 

Karzai accepts results of UN-backed recount

Oct 20, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(AP) - Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a runoff election for Nov. 7 after a fraud investigation dropped President Hamid Karzai's votes below 50% of the total. Karzai accepted the fraud panel finding in a press conference and endorsed a runoff election. The Independent Election Commission said it did not want to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • runoff election • Afghanistan election

 Karzai Challenger 
 Rejects Plan to 
 Share Power 

Abdullah wants interim government: 'Karzai's term is over'

Oct 20, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abdullah Abdullah, who came in second in the first round of Afghanistan's presidential election, is calling for an interim government to take over the country if it's too difficult or dangerous to organize a runoff in the coming weeks. The challenger to Hamid Karzai also rejected suggestions of a power-sharing... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Karzai Accepts 
 UN Recount, 
 Runoff Looms 

Runoff election looms as prez bows to pressure

Oct 20, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai will bow to international pressure and accept the results of a UN-backed recount of Afghanistan's presidential election, US and European officials tell the New York Times. The incumbent will publicly acknowledge he fell short of 50% of the first-round vote as early as today, setting the stage for... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • John Kerry • voter fraud • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • Ban Ki-Moon • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(AP) - Hamid Karzai intends to announce tomorrow how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's postelection political crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. She wouldn't say whether the Afghan president has decided to accept the findings of a UN-backed fraud investigation that threw out nearly a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • United Nations • Hamid Karzai • secretary of State • runoff election • election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Karzai Allies Get 
 Tough on Recount 

Afghan president's team blasts UN-backed election body

Oct 19, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's camp is signaling he may not accept the results of a recount from Afghanistan's presidential election, sowing further doubt about the country's future. A spokesman said the recount process had been "politically manipulated," and Karzai allies spent the weekend criticizing the UN-backed electoral commission that is... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hamid Karzai • Bernard Kouchner • recount • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

'Irresponsible'
to Send Troops Without Election Results: Kerry

Says Afghan leadership needs to be in place

Oct 18, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is in no position to send more troops to Afghanistan with that country's presidential election still up in the air, Sen. John Kerry told State of the Union in an interview yesterday. Speaking from Kabul ahead of an announcement on whether a runoff would be held, the Senate... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • John Kerry • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • troop levels • President Obama

 Afghan Election 
 Now Headed 
 for Runoff 

'Stunning' second ballot complicates Obama strategy

Oct 16, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Hamid Karzai's share of the vote in Afghanistan's presidential election has reportedly fallen to about 47% after an investigation into fraudulent ballots—meaning that he will face Abdullah Abdullah in a runoff if the result is finalized today. One Afghan official called the development "stunning," and a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • runoff election • presidential election • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

OPINION

Karzai's Government
Too Rotten to Back

Sending more troops won't work if they're protecting a tainted government

Oct 14, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - No counterinsurgency campaign can succeed without a good government to work with, and Hamid Karzai's operation is nowhere near good enough, writes Thomas L. Friedman. Karzai's government is thoroughly corrupt and his election victory deeply tainted, Friedman notes in the New York Times. Much of the insurgency is now fueled... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Taliban • Hamid Karzai • corruption • disputed election • Afghanistan war • counterinsurgency • Afghanistan election

ANALYSIS

 Afghan Vote's True 
 Winner: The Taliban 

Chaos and corruption aid insurgents' propaganda campaign

Sep 21, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's still not evident whether Hamid Karzai will avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's presidential vote, but the winner of the election is clear: the Taliban. Delays in tallying and alleged systemic fraud have given the insurgency new material for a sophisticated propaganda campaign that portrays the Karzai administration as corrupt... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Taliban • propaganda • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Mullah Omar • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

Karzai Working on Deals With Challengers

Power-sharing agreement may be
in the works

Sep 16, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghanistan election has turned into such a mess that President Hamid Karzai is discussing some kind of partnership with at least two of his challengers, the Wall Street Journal reports. His camp and that of top challenger Abdullah Abdullah are talking through third parties, while Karzai also has reached... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • Ashraf Ghani • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Recounts Ordered at 
 2,500 Afghan Voting Sites 

Total could drop Karzai low enough to require a run-off

Sep 15, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(AP) - A UN-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10% of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, the AP reports. The recount order raises the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below the 50% threshold, forcing the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • disputed election • recount • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

Afghans Stock Up on Guns After Disputed Election

Political turmoil sends 'Kalashnikov Index' soaring

Sep 11, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The price of a smuggled Kalashnikov assault rifle in Afghanistan has more than doubled in recent weeks amid rising political turbulence, Time reports. Last month's election is widely believed to have been rigged in favor of President Hamid Karzai, and many fear challenger Abdullah Abdullah and the warlords he represents... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • guns • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(AP) - The UN-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election has thrown out ballots from 83 polling stations across the country, all of them in areas with strong support for President Hamid Karzai. The president currently has more than 50% of the preliminary count. But if the commission throws out enough... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • Afghanistan election

 Karzai Set Up 800 
 Fake Poll Sites, 
 Say Diplomats 

Ten times as many ballots as voters, say Western officials

Sep 7, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's supporters set up hundreds of fake polling stations that delivered hundreds of thousands of votes to the Afghan president, even though nobody voted there, diplomats tell the New York Times. The incumbent's team created as many as 800 fake sites, existing only on paper. Karzai allies also occupied... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • voter fraud • Hamid Karzai • Pashtun • Kandahar • ballots • Ahmed Wali Karzai • Afghanistan election

21 - 40 of 143 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 8 Next >>


from our news partners