2014 Afghan presidential election
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Politics
Abdullah Abdullah leads in Afghan (early) vote
Early results in Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential vote put Abdullah Abdullah ahead of Ashraf Ghani, with a runoff likely. The poster asks whether Abdullah’s mixed Pashtun and Tajik parentage is a…
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Election 2014: Death Knell of Strategic Depth?
Calling Afghanistan’s April 2014 vote a possible death knell for strategic depth, the author likens its importance to December 1971 for the two-nation theory, whether it reflects Taliban weakness or…
