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	Elections in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Presidential elections were held in 2004, but the earliest date for parliamentary elections is now predicted to be mid-September 2005[1].
		Under the 2001 Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan was scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in 2004 in order to replace the current transitional government led by Hamid Karzai.
		Afghanistan has a multi-party system in development, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Afghanistan (213 words)

	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1978, the PDPA overthrew the regime of Mohammad Daoud, King Zahir Shah's cousin in a revolution that was supported by a large majority of the population (at the time), and renamed the country the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
		The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (in Farsi: حزب دموکراتيک خلق افغانستان, PDPA) was a Marxist-Leninist party founded in January 1, 1965.
		Unfortunately, the American Carter government was not delighted with the coup and, by August 1979, prompted by National Security Chief Zbigniew Brzezinski, had begun funding mujaheddin forces with the intention of destabilising the government and provoking the Soviet Union into military intervention, which occurred on December 24th 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan (547 words)

	Human Rights Watch - Afghan Election Blog, September 2005
		Afghanistan on the Eve of Parliamentary and Provincial Elections
		On September 18, 2005, Afghanistan held elections to choose a national assembly and local councils for the country’s 34 provinces.
		The September 18 elections are the second time since 2001 Afghans have been able to go to the polls to select leaders.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/afghanistan (354 words)

	ABC News: Afghanistan to Hold Elections in Sept.
		Presidential and parliamentary elections were initially scheduled for June last year, but both were delayed because of the slow pace of preparations and efforts to disarm warlords and militia commanders who the United Nations' feared would intimidate voters.
		The presidential elections were held in October, but the legislative ballot was postponed until May, and then again to September because of what President Hamid Karzai called "technical problems" and lack of an accurate census.
		Afghanistan's population is an estimated 25 million, though there has been no reliable census since decades of war led to flight by millions.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=597683 (387 words)

	Human Rights Watch - Elections - Afghanistan
		In many ways, parliamentary and local elections planned for 2005 will be a better barometer of political progress and women’s rights than the presidential election.
		When a U.S.-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, one of the justifications for the war was that it would liberate women from the misogynistic rule of the Taliban.
		In northern Afghanistan, one woman, whom we will call P.S. to protect her identity, has begun collecting the 500 copies of voter registration cards—the equivalent of signatures—required to qualify as a candidate.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/afghanistan/afghanfem.htm (1352 words)

	Afghanistan to Hold Elections in Sept. (phillyBurbs.com) Asia
		Presidential and parliamentary elections were initially scheduled for June last year, but both were delayed because of the slow pace of preparations and efforts to disarm warlords and militia commanders who the United Nations' feared would intimidate voters.
		The presidential elections were held in October, but the legislative ballot was postponed until May, and then again to September because of what President Hamid Karzai called "technical problems" and lack of an accurate census.
		Afghanistan to Hold Elections in Sept. (phillyBurbs.com)
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/90-03202005-465668.html (357 words)

	USATODAY.com - Long delayed parliamentary elections set in Afghanistan
		Presidential and parliamentary elections were initially scheduled for June last year, but both were delayed because of the slow pace of preparations and efforts to disarm warlords and militia commanders who the United Nations' feared would intimidate voters.
		The presidential elections were held in October, but the legislative ballot was postponed until May, and then again to September because of what President Hamid Karzai called "technical problems" and lack of an accurate census.
		Afghanistan's population is an estimated 25 million, though there has been no reliable census since decades of war led to flight by millions.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-03-20-afghan-parliament_x.htm?csp=34 (441 words)

	CNN.com - Candidates want new Afghan presidential election - Oct 9, 2004
		It was not known whether or not elections would need to be postponed for a new round of voting, but that is exactly what opposition presidential candidates are demanding.
		Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai-- the only candidate not to allege voter irregularities -- said Saturday the country's first democratic election was fair and legitimate in spite of the complaints.
		At the Kolangar polling center in Loghar election supervisor, Said Narullah, said "this ink can be easily removed." He demonstrated this by inking a reporter's thumb and wiping off the ink in a couple of seconds.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/afghanistan.elections (1018 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Afghans Lead the Way to Electio
		Looking toward the future of Afghanistan, these elections are the first of many possible landmarks, linking Afghanistan to a partnership with the international community and a combined resolve that leads to a lasting peace and a stable prosperous country.
		Afghanistan is ready for the 10.5 million registered voters to participate in their country's first ever direct presidential election Oct. 9, according to officials with the Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body.
		Election officials have distributed 25,000 ballot boxes, polling kits, and 17.5 million ballots to the 4,900 polling centers nationwide.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/oct2004/a100604c.html (521 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Special reports Afghan election delay is new blow for Bush campaign
		The elections in Afghanistan seem certain to be delayed for a second time, dealing a damaging blow to President George Bush's own election campaign.
		It is now impossible for the election to be held legally in September, the date for which both the interim government of President Hamid Karzai and the United Nations were aiming, itself a delay from the intended June polling day.
		Mr Bush is anxious that Afghanistan should go to the polls before his own date with the electorate in November so that, with the condition in Iraq deteriorating, he can point to at least one foreign democratisation process.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,1284,1237030,00.html (669 words)

	India hails elections in Afghanistan
		India hailed elections in Afghanistan as a "historic milestone" in its journey towards peace, stability and prosperity and said New Delhi was looking forward to strengthening traditional ties with it, which shall be stronger after the elections.
		"We welcome the Presidential elections held in Afghanistan.
		He noted that the people of Afghanistan had defied the threat of terrorism and come out in majority to exercise their right to vote.
	internationalreporter.com /news/read.php?id=178 (202 words)

	Election Week in Afghanistan - One of the most important figures in Afghanistan's presidential election died three years ago. By Nathan Hodge
		It was a clever move to appeal to Afghanistan's ethnic Tajiks, Panjshiris in particular.
		After they arrived in northern Afghanistan on their deadly errand, the two assassins by chance met Matthew Leeming, an eccentric English traveler.
		Election Week in Afghanistan - One of the most important figures in Afghanistan's presidential election died three years ago.
	slate.msn.com /id/2107629/entry/0 (1026 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Special reports Afghan elections put back to September
		Afghanistan's elections were postponed to September yesterday, owing to insecurity and the UN's slow pace in registering voters.
		A statement on Saturday said the postponement was an embarrassment for the US, and reiterated the Taliban view that elections were intended to distract Afghans from their responsibility to fight a holy war against Mr Karzai.
		Taliban forces, resurgent in the south, have threatened to disrupt the elections.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,1284,1179967,00.html (345 words)

	Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections delayed -
		Rice said in her opening statements that the elections will be held later in the year, apparently not aware that the date wasn’t yet made official.
		Upon her arrival in Afghanistan, a bomb went off in the city of Kandahar, some 450 kilometres south of the capital, Kabul, killing five people and wounding 32 others.
		He said that he was informed of the postponement by the chairman of Afghanistan's election commission.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7509 (739 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Women and elections in Afghanistan
		Recently, Laura Bush spoke at an election rally at which women in the audience held placards saying, "W stands for women." She told her husband's supporters: "After years of being treated as virtual prisoners in their own homes by the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan are going back to work.
		The sole female presidential candidate in the election, Massouda Jalal, can speak openly about building a society in which women have equality; and 40 per cent of those who registered to vote in the election were women.
		When I visited Afghanistan a couple of years ago, I was struck by the depth of anger against the old mujahideen commanders, and how passionately people, especially women, longed for them to face justice.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/14/stories/2004101403621000.htm (942 words)

	Home / Headlines / Afghanistan's Presidential Elections - Media Monitors Network (MMN)
		It is a requirement of this gradual process that Karzai goes through the presidential elections to legitimize himself as an elected Afghan leader and not one propped up entirely by the Americans.
		Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has by no means been a democratic entrant into the Afghan political scene, yet even his harshest critics will have to concede him wisdom and astuteness.
		The people of Afghanistan, as was demonstrated by their representatives in the almost month long Loi Jirga, recognize that security can return to Afghanistan through a strong center led by a strong president.
	usa.mediamonitors.net /content/view/full/10301 (1522 words)

	ZNet Afghanistan Afghanistanâs Florida-style Elections
		Just months ago Afghanistan had a paltry 7,800 âboots on the groundâ (never enough to establish security) Now those levels have been raised to 20,000 troops to address the increasing likelihood of attacks during the elections.
		And we will work to help Afghanistan to develop an economy that can feed its people without feeding the world's demand for drugsâ¦By helping to build an Afghanistan that is free from this evil and is a better place in which to live, we are working in the best traditions of George Marshall.
		The elections are a cynical way of restoring Washingtonâs client, Karzai, to power and hoodwinking the American public into believing that Bush is a man of his word.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=49&ItemID=6384 (986 words)

	Elections in - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in (28 words)

	AlterNet: Landmark Elections in Afghanistan
		Afghanistan's leaders, elected and otherwise, must put the cause of their nation before their factional, ethnic and venal interests.
		Afghanistan's school system was rated the worst in the world last year by the U.N. Development Program.
		The only other parliament in Afghanistan's history, from 1965 to 1973, is widely blamed for increasing the polarization that led to civil war there.
	ww.alternet.org /story/25696 (1201 words)

	Afghanistan's Elections
		And I think this election, he's already been a legitimate interim president He's been a transitional president, and he's going to be legitimately elected by a majority of the Afghan people, the next president of Afghanistan.
		Ishaq Shahryar was Afghanistan's ambassador to Washington from June 2002 to 2003.
		We should have had the constitutional Loya Jirga convention and then the presidential convention was supposed to take place in June of this year but has been postponed twice and now Oct. 9.
	www.iub.edu /~afghan/afghan_elections.dwt (1982 words)

	Further European Union Support for the Presidential Elections in Afghanistan
		In all 25 elections and field experts will be deployed in centres across Afghanistan for periods of up to three months.
		Further European Union Support for the Presidential Elections in Afghanistan
		On 9 October, the Afghan people will vote for the first time in elections to select the country’s President.
	www.eu.int /comm/external_relations/afghanistan/news/ip04_1035.htm (409 words)

	Technical difficulties might delay parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, foreign minister says
		Afghanistan's dramatic march to democracy hit a potential speed bump, with the foreign minister saying Thursday that crucial parliamentary elections due in May might be delayed by as much as two months.
		They got behind the presidential elections, and they are even more enthusiastically behind the parliamentary elections."
		The legislative election requires more complex organization than the presidential vote because of the large number of candidates expected to take part, and because local politics is expected to spur more passion, and possibly more bloodshed.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/27/international1508EST0633.DTL (553 words)

	Assisting Afghanistan After the Elections
		Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary elections were an important milestone for building stability and democracy in a country that is critical to the war against al-Qaeda and Islamic radicalism.
		The surviving leaders of the ousted Taliban regime opposed the elections and killed six of the almost 6,000 candidates running for seats in the lower house of parliament and 34 provincial councils.
		To stabilize Afghanistan and preclude a return to power by the Taliban and its terrorist allies, the U.S.-led coalition must help the nascent Afghan government to provide its long-suffering people with greater security, economic development, and enforcement of the rule of law.
	www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/Iraq/em985.cfm (992 words)

	Newsroom: Afghanistan Special Report
		Eager voters wait in line to participate in Afghanistan's first free elections since Taliban rule.
		At the same time, Afghanistan is still awash in weapons — the legacy of over two decades of near constant warfare.
		Through public advocacy in the media and meetings with leaders in Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, CARE aims to inform and influence key policy makers and constituents on how to protect the rights of all Afghans.
	www.careusa.org /newsroom/specialreports/afghanistan (661 words)

	Afgha.com - Are elections feasible in Afghanistan?
		and major donors to Afghanistan to examine the situation, reaffirm with resources their commitments to elections and Afghan reconstruction, and possibly adjust the timetable for adoption of the constitution and holding national elections.
		If present trends are permitted to persist, many experts in Afghanistan doubt that successful, fair, free, and universal elections can be held in June 2004.
		The goal in Cambodia was roughly the same as that in Afghanistan: the establishment of a legitimate national government to end decades of war and political strife.
	www.afgha.com /?af=printnews&sid=35789 (1024 words)

	ipedia.com: Politics of Afghanistan Article
		Elections are made more difficult by widespread political instability, endemic violence, and a lack of familiarity with democratic processes.
		United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan was established in March 2003 "in an effort to integrate all UN activities in Afghanistan.
		Parliamentary elections are to be held separately in April or May 2005.
	www.ipedia.com /politics_of_afghanistan.html (1428 words)

	Elections in Afghanistan and Beyond
		These elections should not be seen as a final benchmark or an end point for Afghanistan, but rather a crucial milestone in the country’s path to peace and long-term development.
		Afghanistan has a long way to go until it is even close to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
		Afghanistan in Berlin in March this year that: “In the
	www.trocaire.org /newsandinformation/afghanistan/electionsandbeyond.htm (559 words)

	Afghanistan encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Afghanistan politics and officials, Afgan History. Travel to Afghanistan
		Afghanistan was a monarchy from 1747 to 1973, when the king was overthrown by military officers and the country was proclaimed a republic; the republic dissolved in 1992 as the country erupted in civil war.
		Afghanistan, in southwestern Asia, bounded on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan; on the east by China and the part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir controlled by Pakistan; on the south by Pakistan; and on the west by Iran.
		Most of the present borders of the country were drawn up in the 19th century, when Afghanistan became a buffer state, or neutral zone, between Russia and British India.
	www.afghanistaniworld.com (496 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Afghanistan's Elections Must be Postponed - Leading Expert
		Citing a lack of security and international funding, a leading expert on Afghanistan is urging a postponement of elections in the country now scheduled for June.
		He added that it would be unwise to decouple the presidential and parliamentary elections, an option apparently favored by some in the Bush administration.
		Rashid, speaking February 20 at the Open Society Institute, characterized Afghanistan as "a land-locked country surrounded by enemies." The bulk of the population has yet to experience the benefits of the US-backed stabilization effort that followed the ouster of the Taliban regime in late 2001, he added.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/recaps/articles/eav022404.shtml (1108 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Peaceful Afghan Elections a 'Milestone' for Country
		WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 — The presidential elections in Afghanistan Oct. 9 were a "milestone" in the history of the troubled country, said a coalition spokesman in Kabul today.
		In Central Afghanistan, voters began arriving at a polling station at 3 a.m., in cold temperatures and a foot of snow, and waited for almost four hours for the station to open, the major said.
		"There are so many election day anecdotes demonstrating the Afghan people's commitment to peace, whether it was people across the country wearing their best clothes to vote, or the women of Konduz who refused to move when a rocket landed 200 meters from where they were waiting to vote," Nelson said during a briefing.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Oct2004/n10132004_2004101304.html (453 words)

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