The Political Crisis in Afghanistan and its Implications for Russia

... Abdullah recalled his observers from the electoral commissions and announced that he would form a parallel government. On the one hand, large-scale vote rigging in this, like in any other election in Afghanistan (for example, in the previous presidential elections of 2009, when Abdullah Abdullah ran against the incumbent President Hamid Karzai), is more than likely, as it is the norm rather than an exception. It is even more probable in this case because the turnout announced by the election commission for the second round (8....