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Afghanistan Schedules a Run-Off Election after Findings of Fraud in August Election

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Featured on Episode 6 of the 2009-2010 season

 

Another election is scheduled in Afghanistan, after a third of President Karzai's votes are thrown out because of fraud. The country of Afghanistan held an election in August which was won by the current president. Supporters of his main challenger - Abdullah Abdullah - complained of voter fraud and ballot box-stuffing. On Tuesday, President Karzai said that he would accept the findings of a United Nations-backed investigation, and agreed to a run-off election in November.

Additional Information

New Afghan Election, Same Tough Issues for U.S.-from NPR
Karzai agrees to run-off election-from NPR
More from PBS NewsHour
More from CNN
More from LA Times including slide show, pictures, videos, articles
Election fraud evidence from Guardian-UK
More from Fox News
Where is Afghanistan? worldatlas.com

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