'Deadlock" As Karzai Rejects UN Fraud Verdict -- Times Online
President Karzai is refusing to accept the result of a UN-led probe into vote-rigging in Afghanistan's presidential election and a senior aide said today that the crisis had reached a "deadlock".
Mohammad Moin Marastyal, an Afghan MP and leading member of Mr Karzai’s campaign team. said that the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) had twisted the facts in a deliberate attempt to trigger a run-off vote.
“Effort has been made to lower Karzai’s vote to below 50 per cent," Mr Marastyal said. "Now we are in a deadlock.”
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Commentaries And Analysis
An Intermediate Option -- Stephen J. Solarz and Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Times opinion
Europe's Angst over Afghanistan -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post opinion
Afghanistan Needs a Legitimate Government - The Independent editorial
Can Counter-Insurgency Win the War? -- Greg Scoblete, RealClearWorld
Europe's Angst over Afghanistan -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
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