Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:59
Candidate nominations were set to open on Monday for Afghanistan`s presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 21:02
Presidential elections considered crucial to Afghanistan`s security and stability will be held on schedule in April 2014, the country`s election commission announced.
Last Updated: Monday, December 6, 2010, 15:59
Four Afghan election commission employees have been arrested, an official said today in a sign that the political intrigue over September`s fraud-tainted parliamentary election is not over.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 00:52
Afghan`s Independent Election Commission has released the final results of the September parliamentary elections for all 34 provinces except Ghazni.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 20:26
Candidates were disqualified by the ECC probe into claims of irregularities in September poll.
Last Updated: Friday, November 12, 2010, 00:46
The Afghan election commission said today that it had opened an investigation into allegations that a top government official pressured an election worker to rig the results of the parliamentary ballot in western Afghan.
Last Updated: Monday, September 20, 2010, 18:32
Afghan Prez Karzai believes it is too early to judge quality of this weekend`s parliamentary vote.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 20:37
Candidates in Afghanistan`s parliamentary poll are living in fear of insurgent attacks, with women at particular risk in the conservative Islamic country, a leading rights watchdog said Thursday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 14:37
The head of Afghanistan`s Independent Election Commission and his number two have stepped down, the govt said today.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 15:43
The Taliban on Tuesday ridiculed Hamid Karzai as a "puppet president" after he was handed another five-year term in office, accusing Western powers of deciding to cancel Afghanistan`s election run-off.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 13:21
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has said its experts will remain in Afghanistan to monitor the second round of the country`s presidential election on November 7.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 15:39
The runner-up in Afghan poll pushed for an interim govt to shepherd the country through the winter if it`s too dangerous to organize a runoff in the coming weeks.
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