Afghan Election Videos and Clips
Inside Story - Afghan election runoff - 20 Oct 09Two months after Afghanistan's presidential elections, Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, is forced to face Abdullah Abdullah, his main rival, in a runoff vote.What are the chances of president Karzai remaining in power and what could it mean for the country? And how will this affect the imminent deployment of more foreign troops to the country?
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Afghan elections' obstacle course
Afghanistan faces several hurdles as it prepares for Saturday's parliamentary elections. Poll officials have admitted that the electoral process is far from perfect as fake voting cards circulate across the country. In addition, the Taliban has vowed to boycott the vote, threatening to blow up roads and attack election workers. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports from Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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Karzai rival calls for Afghan election run-off - 15 Oct 09
Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai's main challenger, has called for a run-off in Afghanistan's presidential election. Abdullah insists the poll held two months earlier, in which he came a distant second according to unofficial results, was massively rigged in favour of Karzai. Amid the controversy, Afghanistan is yet to elect a new president and there is still no clear indication about whether there will be a run-off. Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Kabul.
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Obama Touts End to Afghan War, But Critics See Election-Year Guise for Prolonged Occupation
DemocracyNow.org - On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Osama bin Laden and announced the signing of a long-term strategic partnership with the Afghan government. In a speech to the US public, Obama said the agreement heralds, "a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins." We're joined by writer Tariq Ali and former US diplomat Ann Wright, who helped reopen the US embassy in Kabul in 2001. To watch the complete independent, weekday news hour, read the transcript and download the podcast, please visit www.democracynow.org. FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
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Afghan election: Run-off cancelled, Karzai declared winner
Presidential candidate Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner by the country's election commission in Afghanistan. The announcement comes after the presidential runoff was cancelled following the withdrawal of Karzai's only challenger. Karzais vote reached 49 per cent, and his opponent 31 per cent after first round of elections. Abdullah Abdullah offered HIS response to legitimacy of the election commission.
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Rethink Afghanistan- Election Fraud
goo.gl Sign the Petition saying that we don't want another dime of US money spent on Afghan military forces until the Kabul government addresses rampant election fraud. If the Kabul government can't be trusted to run a legitimate election, they certainly can't be trusted with US-bought weapons and a massive US taxpayer-funded military force.
tags: News, rethink afghanistan, election, ballot, vote fraud, brave new foundation, robert greenwald, Kabul, Afghanistan, Kandahar, ballot stuffing, Kapisa, Wardak, Kunar, occupation
New Allegations of Fraud in Afghan Election
Votes are still being counted in Afghanistan's presidential election as President Hamid Karzai moves closer to capturing enough of the official count to avoid a runoff. But a major US newspaper is reporting allegations of massive voter fraud to help Afghan president Hamid Karzai win re-election. The report comes as Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Complaints Commission says votes from nearly 500 polling stations across the country have been invalidated due to allegations of widespread fraud. VOA's Chris Simkins has more on the story.
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Afghan election campaign starts
Afghanistan's election campaign kicks off with 41 presidential candidates.
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Karzai and the Afghan election
Incumbent President Hamid Karzai is ahead in the polls for the Afghan presidential election.
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Adventures in Mapping Afghanistan Elections - 27C3
Adventures in Mapping Afghanistan Elections The story of 3 Ushahidi mapping and reporting projects. Monitoring and reporting about elections in a war zone is a complex and dangerous task. While crisis mapping carried out via sms and email proved highly successful with the use of Ushahidi in situations like post-election violence in Kenya, tracking crime in Atlanta, or earthquake recovery in Haiti, could it prove useful in such a complex situation as the Afghan political process? This year a team of people set out to do just that with three different Ushahidi mapping projects for national media, national election observers, and international observers. The following presentation is about the challenges we faced, successes we did or did not have, and the lessons learned for the future of crisis mapping. In 2008 an open source mapping system called Ushahidi was put into public use for the first time in history. The occasion was a constitutional referendum in Kenya and the goal of the Ushahidi system was to map and track reports of violence throughout the country in the days following the vote. Through the use of sms reports from the general public, which were then categorized and published on an interactive map accessible on the internet, anyone anywhere in the world could not only get reports about what was happening, they could get almost real time reports about where violence was happening, when, and details regarding those incidents. The response in Kenya was so large <b>...</b>
tags: Education, CCC, Chaos Computer Club, 27C3, Talk, Lecture, Afghanistan, Election, Twitter
Taliban hinders Afghan election campaign
Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to the Taliban in Baghlan. In an exclusive report, Al Jazeera's Qais Azimy gains access to a group of Taliban fighters that is fiercely opposed to next week's parliamentary poll. The fighters say they will cut off the fingers of anyone who votes in it. It is a threat ordinary Afghans are taking seriously. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton filed this exclusive report from from Kabul, Afghanistan.
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The Stream - Thai Elections & Afghanistan's DIY Wireless Network
Thai elections take a beastly turn and Afghan garbage goes viral.
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Insecurity impedes Afghan election campaign
The deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan has made some regions inaccessible for candidates campaigning ahead of the country's parliamentary elections, due to take place on September 18. Many candidates have been forced to travel with bodyguards and armoured vehicles, but despite taking these precautions some areas remain too dangerous to campaign in. Although more than 130000 coalition forces are reinforcing the Afghan government, the spread of instability has left a large segment of the population at risk of being either not represented at all in the poll or having their ballot subjected to fraud. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports from Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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Long-awaited Afghan election result due - 18 Oct 09
Afghanistan's presidential election result could be announced within 48 hours. The UN-backed Election Complaints Commission (EEC) has finished checking thousands of allegedly fraudulent ballot papers. Jonah Hull reports from the capital, Kabul, as the EEC goes through its final checks with the Afghan Independent Election Commission.
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Tariq Ali Ann Wright on the War in Aghanistan Obama´s Surprise Visit US Election 2012
Further informations about Tariq topics addressed are available in favourites, play lists on my channel and complementary video responses. Published with the permission of "DemocracyNow.org - On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Osama bin Laden and announced the signing of a long-term strategic partnership with the Afghan government. In a speech to the US public, Obama said the agreement heralds, "a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins." We're joined by writer Tariq Ali and former US diplomat Ann Wright, who helped reopen the US embassy in Kabul in 2001."
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Taliban target Afghan elections - 10 Aug 09
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have told Al Jazeera they regard the country's upcoming elections as a major target. In parts of the country, poor security conditions are already preventing presidential candidates from campaigning. James Bays reports from the capital, Kabul.
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Afghan election excitement overshadows Taliban threat
As election day in Afghanistan approaches, tens of thousands of American and British troops there are doing all they can to guarantee the security of millions of Afghan voters. But the Taliban is doing all it can to let these voters know that they are not safe. On Tuesday, with the election two days away and the campaign winding down, the Taliban launched a series of attacks on the capital city of Kabul. A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy on the outskirts of the city, killing at least seven people and wounding another 50. Two mortar rounds also landed near the presidential palace. US President Barack Obama insists winning the war in Afghanistan is vital to Americas security interests, and a free and fair election no doubt would help that cause. But security concerns remain front and center. Kimberly Marten, a professor of political science at Columbia Universitys Barnard College, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the impending vote, US strategy ahead of the election and the role of warlords. worldfocus.org
tags: News, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, elections, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Kimberly Marten, security, Taliban, voting, War in Afghanistan
Afghan elections highlight failure, not progress
In most elections, the question is about who might win. In the case of Afghanistan, which will elect the lower house of its parliament on September 18, the focus is on whether they can be held in a credible manner across the country. So far a number of election workers and a candidate have already been kidnapped. Journalist Kelley Vlahos said the US has used the elections, both in Iraq and Afghanistan as symbols of freedom and progress; however it is unlikely this election will highlight progress. She said these elections will more likely show the failures of international efforts in Afghanistan and illustrate the corruption in the Afghan government.
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Protecting Afghanistan's election
Afghanistan is voting for a new parliament against a backdrop of heavy security following Taliban threats to derail the election. The movement's fighters ahev distributed leaflets warning people to stay away from polling stations and there have already been assassinations, kidnappings and intimidation. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton asked the Kabul's security chief how he hopes to avoid further bloodshed.
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Inside Story - Afghan elections - 12 August 09
Afghans are heading to the polls next week, in the country's second presidential elections. As the candidates' race tightens, what does a run-off mean for the incumbent president? And what are his chances of gaining support, in a war-torn country?
tags: News, Al Jazeera, Inside Story, Afghanistan, election, Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, survey, Daoud Sultanzoy, Scott Lucas
Inside Story - Afghan elections - 23 August 09
The first results of Afghanistan's second presidential elections are expected to be released on Tuesday - and it is already being dogged by claims it was rigged. We ask: How fair was the vote? What will the outcome mean for the country? And how serious has the Taliban threat been?
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Fraud casts shadow over Afghan vote - 17 Aug 09
Security is tight as campaigning for presidential and provincial elections in Afghanistan draws to a close. But observers fear the poll could be marred by fraud as hundreds of voter registration cards go on sale. Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Kabul.
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Afghan election an exercise in security - 14 Jul 09
Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election is as much an exercise in security as it is in democracy, analysts say. Across the country, coalition troops are working to ensure Afghans will be able vote safely and freely on August 20. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher joined the US army's Charlie Company 1-2-3, as they prepared for the vote in Kunar province.
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Afghan Elections: Ramazan Bashardost Profile
Afghan Elections: Ramazan Bashardost Profile
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World: Afghanistan's Presidential Election
Stephen Farrell reports from Afghanistan on how voters in rural areas as well as the capital face threats of violence as the Taliban tries to sway the 2009 Presidential Election. Related article: bit.ly
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