Sep 08 New Karzai Tally Would Avoid Run-off, but Fraud Concerns Persist Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vote tally from last month's election surpassed the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off for the first time, new preliminary results released Tuesday show. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Election Concerns Threaten Future Stability in Afghanistan Judy Woodruff reports on new allegations of fraud in last month's Afghan presidential election and talks to experts about implications for the future. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Concerns Intensify on Contractors in Afghanistan Just as the American embassy in Kabul announced the firing of eight private security guards for misconduct, an investigation has begun to determine whether money received by some contractors was funneled to the Taliban. GlobalPost's Charles Sennott offers insight. Continue watching
Sep 02 Bombing Kills Key Afghan Intelligence Official as Election Tensions Linger By Dave Gustafson The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide bombing Wednesday that killed Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence and at least 22 other people outside a mosque in the provincial capital Mehtar Lam, east of Kabul. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Afghan Election Tensions, New Violence Renew Security Concerns A top Afghan intelligence official was killed Wednesday in a suicide attack outside of Kabul. The blast came amid new allegations of fraud in the country's presidential election. Gwen Ifill talks to New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins in Kabul. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch August Deadliest Month for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan As August becomes the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, post-election tension continues to increase. A Washington Post reporter provides an update from Kabul. Continue watching
Aug 21 Karzai, Abdullah Both Claim Victory in Afghan Election Both of Afghanistan's two top presidential contenders are claiming victory in Thursday's presidential election, despite calls by U.S. and international officials to wait for official election results. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Health Reform, Afghan War This week public opinion polls showed diminishing support for the war in Afghanistan, and across America the debate over health care reform continued. Analysts David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss these and other top stories. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Other News: Afghans Wait for Election Results In other news, President Hamid Karzai, and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, both claimed victory in Afghanistan's presidential election, and President Obama called the elaborate homecoming for the freed Lockerbie bomber in Libya "highly objectionable."… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Historic Election Tests Security, Progress in Afghanistan Despite Taliban threats and scattered attacks throughout the country, Afghans headed to the polls Thursday in an election being viewed as a gauge of U.S. progress there. ITN correspondent Alex Thomson speaks with Ray Suarez from Kabul. Continue watching