Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 2, 2009

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election.
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Hamid Karzai Declared Winner Of Afghanistan's Presidential Election -- The Guardian

Independent Election Commission ends uncertainty by declaring Hamid Karzai president after Abdullah Abdullah drops out

Afghan officials today declared Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's disputed presidential poll after cancelling a planned runoff election.

The announcement came after Karzai's main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the race on the grounds that the vote would not be free or fair.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghan election commission declares Karzai winner -- AP
Karzai declared Afghan vote winner -- Yahoo News/AFP
Karzai declared Afghan president, run-off scrapped -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped -- New York Times
Karzai declared elected president of Afghanistan -- CNN
Karzai Declared Winner In Afghanistan -- NPR
Karzai Declared President As Afghan Runoff Canceled -- Time Magazine
Out of Race, Karzai Rival Is Harsh Critic of Election -- New York Times

US Looks Past Karzai Rival's Decision to Quit -- Washington Times
White House Ponders Abdullah Withdrawal, Says No Impact on War Strategy -- Voice of America
US Troop Levels Not Tied to Afghan Vote, White House Aides Say -- Wall Street Journal

Diplomat: US engaged in 'civil war' in Afghanistan -- AP
One American's Afghan withdrawal -- Toronto Star
Former U.S. official: Resignation over Afghan war is drawing support -- CNN

Already the main Afghan war hub, Bagram is growing -- AP
Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan is turning into 'boom town' -- Star Telegram
Afghanistan declares H1N1 emergency, shuts schools -- Reuters

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 831 -- Washington Post/AP

Commentaries And Analysis

Nation-state Nonstarter -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times opinion
With Karzai, US Faces Weak Partner in Time of War -- David E. Sanger, New York Times
The Real Afghan Strategy -- David Ignatius, Washington Post opinion
McChrystal Lite -- Tom Donnelly and Tim Sullivan, Weekly Standard opinion
We need to understand what we mean by the word 'Taliban' -- The Independent
Afghanistan's drug war: The farmers aren't the enemy -- L.A. Times opinion