Aug 08 After meeting with Kerry, Afghan candidates agree to resolve dispute By Matthew Lee, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's feuding presidential candidates agreed Friday to resolve their election dispute and said they would set an inauguration date before the end of August. The breakthrough came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened a second… Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch News Wrap: Kerry visits Afghanistan to press election resolution By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry urged Afghanistan’s opposing presidential candidates to accept results from an ongoing audit of the runoff election. Also, several thousand Palestinians marched in support of Hamas on the final day of… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch News Wrap: Kerry warns attempts to seize power amid disputed Afghan election could jeopardize aid By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Afghan election commission to audit polling stations for fraud after releasing preliminary results By PBS NewsHour Afghanistan’s National Election Commission announced that former finance minister Ashraf Ghani is leading former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in the preliminary results of the presidential run-off elections. The commission acknowledged there had been fraud, and announced it will audit nearly… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Will Afghanistan’s election disputes threaten peaceful transition prospects? By PBS NewsHour Jeffrey Brown is joined by Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace and Nazif Shahrani of Indiana University to discuss findings of fraud in the Afghan presidential elections, how the results will influence relations with the U.S. and… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch Alleged fraud halts progress in Afghan presidential election By PBS NewsHour Weeks after a presidential runoff election in Afghanistan, uncertainty still reigns over who will be the country’s next leader. Preliminary results were delayed after continued allegations of fraud. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the standstill with Sean Carberry… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch News Wrap: Bombs strike Afghan presidential candidate convoy By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah narrowly escaped being assassinated when two bombs hit his campaign convoy outside a hotel in Kabul, killing six people. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin met briefly with Ukrainian President-elect Petro… Continue watching
Apr 05 Voters overwhelm polling stations in Afghanistan By Kayla Ruble The voting in Afghanistan represented the country's first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban was removed from power more than a decade ago. Continue reading
May 21 Abdullah: ‘Corrective Steps’ Needed to Make Elections More Transparent By Larisa Epatko During a visit to Washington this week, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah spoke with Margaret Warner about U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, the security situation and upcoming jirga aimed at bringing former Taliban fighters back into the fold. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Karzai Opponent Abdullah Looks to Bolster Afghan Opposition Movement Margaret Warner interviews Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah about President Karzai's leadership and the ongoing war in Afghanistan, more than six months after Abdullah dropped out of the runoff election against the current president. Continue watching