Posts Tagged ‘Afghan election’
President Karzai responds to latest election forecasts
Posted by: richarddennison on: September 9, 2009
In response to the news that President Karzai looks like winning the Afghan election outright, he proclaimed: “The Afghan people have spoken – so strongly in fact, that I have been honoured to receive 150% of the vote in some provinces. I am humbled by the strength of will of my people. We are all [...]
Oh what a lovely war … of words
Posted by: richarddennison on: August 28, 2009
The latest spat between US special envoy Richard Holbrook and Afghan poster-boy president Hamid Karzai has thrown yet another shadow over recent Afghan elections. Speaking from the moral high ground, Britain’s Ted Kennedy, the lovely Lord Ashdown said: “This very public disagreement could de-legitmise this discredited, corrupt and pointless election that no one wanted in [...]
New dawn for Afghanistan …
Posted by: richarddennison on: August 20, 2009
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