The Next Afghan Elections
Editorial, The New York Times | September 5, 2010
With the upcoming Afghan elections the security challenge has increased for the present state government. ++ With the growing insurgency and suicide bombings, a successful election outcome is unlikely. ++ The United Nations-backed Electoral Complaints Commission — the election’s ultimate arbiter — has been re-established. ++ However, with a history of corruption and rampant rigging of the November 2009 elections coupled with President Karzai´s inaction to halt it, it is hard to expect any change in the status-quo.
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