News Source: Financial Times
| 16 days ago
Abdullah Abdullah, who effectively handed Mr Karzai victory by withdrawing from a planned run-off, said he believed the decision by the country’s Independent Election Commission to grant Mr Karzai another five-year term on Monday was illegal.
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 16 days ago
Dr Abdullah says the result of the presidential election is illegal because it violates the constitution. In rejecting Mr Karzai's victory, Dr Abdullah has refused to play any part in the new government. The former foreign minister pulled out of the...
News Source: The New York Times
| 16 days ago
Afghanistan The erstwhile rival to President Karzai in the presidential election’s second round held a news conference on Wednesday in which he denounced Mr. Karzai’s newly anointed presidential administration as illegal and said that his...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 17 days ago
Abdullah appeared to be setting himself up as an opposition leader in a country where political parties are not strong and there has never been a vigorous political movement in opposition to the president. Karzai has repeatedly said that political...
News Source: United Press International
| 17 days ago
Intense power sharing talks preceded Abdullah Abdullah 's withdrawal from the Afghan runoff poll that gave President Hamid Karzai another term, officials say. Although it was said publicly Abdullah pulled out because of a flawed electoral system,...
News Source: NewKerala
| 17 days ago
However, the former foreign minister refrained from calling for protests and asked his supporters to remain calm. The IEC is widely perceived to be biased towards Karzai in Afghanistan's drawn-out election quagmire. The Aug 20 election was marred by...