... legitimacy of the new administration (compared with that of Hamid Karzai) as a result of the elections and further state building.
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Kabul election rally, 2014
Until July 2014, this hope was fuelled by the successful experience of the presidential elections in Afghanistan (to the extent that they can be successful in Afghan conditions), which were held in spite of heightened internal conflict, the withdrawal of foreign troops and the schism that had formed between political elites. The first round on 5 April ...
Despite a multitude of forecasts predicting the victory of Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s former foreign minister, in that country’s presidential election, preliminary results indicate that another contender, Ashraf Ghani, the former Finance Minister, might indeed be the winner. This result makes sense given the traditional ...
Interview with Farkhod Tolipov, Director of Caravan of Knowledge
Interview
Afghanistan’s presidential elections on April 5б 2014 did not deliver an outright winner, and the second round is scheduled for late May. Although people in Afghanistan, the adjacent regions and the wider world all cherish the hope that the future Afghan president will usher in ...
