Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (L) addresses a news conference with rival Ashraf Ghani (R) at this side as they announced a deal for the auditing of all Afghan election votes at the United Nations Compound in Kabul, late July 12, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Jim Bourg
Afghan Election Contenders In Last-Ditch Bid To Rescue Power-Sharing Deal -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's rival presidential campaigns were holding last-ditch talks on Wednesday to rescue a deal on a national government after a disputed election raised fears of exacerbating ethnic divisions.
Presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah extended a Tuesday deadline to disengage from the political process to allow international efforts to salvage the U.S-brokered deal under which the two sides also agreed to accept the results of a U.N.-supervised vote audit, his camp said.
Abdullah, a former foreign minister who draws most of his support from the minority Tajiks and Hazara communities centered largely in the north and the center, is locked in a feud with rival candidate Ashraf Ghani, a member of Afghanistan's biggest ethnic group, the Pashtuns.
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My Comment: The differences are huge .... and unless President Obama gets involved directly .... this whole process is going to collapse (if not already).
WNU,
ReplyDeleteThe Obama people don't care if it collapses. They have already stated that unless a SOFA is signed with a "new" government they will pull all American troops out by the end of '14. Even though the original SOFA is still in affect they require a new one with a new government which isn't going to happen, it's their out like in Iraq.
The question really is: When are American allies going to wake up and realize this Administration has no intention of honoring any of it's alliances?
You are probably right James. But someone has to be hopeful. :)
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