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| Afghans call for immediate presidential vote results |
| 2014-08-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] Scores of protesters have taken to the streets in the Afghan capital Kabul to call for the immediate release of the results of the disputed presidential runoff vote, Press TV reports. On Thursday, more than a hundred civil society activists rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud and expressed their outrage over what they described as the violation of the Afghan constitution. The demonstrators also emphasized that the delay in announcing the results of the June vote is against the interests of Afghanistan. "Some elements do not think about our country and people, but rather think only about their own interests. It is nothing but a pre-planned political game against the nation," said Mohammad Jawadi, a civil society activist. "We want international community to take action to cordially end the election standoff. The delay in results of election has caused joblessness, chaos and insecurity," said Maryam Ibrahimkhel, another protester. Speaking at a Tuesday ceremony marking Afghanistan's 95th anniversary of independence from Britannia, Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... expressed hope that the two men vying to succeed him -- former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , and former finance minister, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai -- would reach an agreement and save the country from further violence and economic decline. |
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