Tag Archives: Abdullah Abdullah

The White House Doesn’t Get Afghanistan

November 3, 2009 – 9:35 am

In the aftermath of Abdullah Abdullah’s withdrawal from the second round of the presidential race in Afghanistan, we get the following from the Obama Administration:

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The Afghan Non-Election

November 1, 2009 – 6:05 pm

Whatever else the official line from various governments–including our own–might be, the fact of the matter is that the withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah from the second round of presidential voting in Afghanistan means less legitimacy for the Afghan government.

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Peter Galbraith On His Job, Electoral Fraud In Afghanistan, And The United Nations

October 4, 2009 – 4:51 pm

This editorial should increase concerns about the U.N.’s incoherent response to what clearly appears to have been fraud in the recent round of presidential elections between the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, and the former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah.

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The Firing Of Peter Galbraith

October 2, 2009 – 8:35 am

In the event that you are not familiar with this story, Peter Galbraith, who was serving as the second-highest ranking UN official in Afghanistan, was fired over an argument with his superior, Kai Eide, the UN special representative in Afghanistan, concerning allegations of fraud in the presidential race between Hamid Karzai, and the former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah. Galbraith was pushing for a tough statement on allegations of fraud, and the UN was holding back.

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