Summary
Given Afghanistan's history, most observers hold their breath with each democratic triumph. The progress has been steadily mounting in Afghanistan, though, and the Oct. 9 presidential election marks a major turning point for the country and the region.
Afghanistan's interim leader, Hamid Karzai, was poised over the weekend to coast to victory in the presidential election, after winning a majority of votes. With 94 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Karzai had 4.2 million of the estimated 8.2 million ballots cast. That support is broad enough to avoid a run-off against Yunus Qanooni, who ran a distant second in the election with 1.2 million votes. Mr. Qanooni conceded defeat Sunday night. Mr. Karzai won't officially be declared the winner until an investigation into voting irregularities is concluded, but the probe is unlikely to affect the election results. The investigation is confined to 12 ballot boxes.See the full content of this document
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Afghanistan's Watershed Vote
While the election was marred with some irregularities and fraud, the turnout remai...
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