Topic: Mohammad Qasim Fahim
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Who will lead Afghanistan after Karzai?
Afghanistan’s next presidential elections are scheduled for 2014. However, President Hamid Karzai recently announced that he may call elections a year earlier.
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Afghanistan election will still include suspected war criminals
Afghanistan elections planned for September aren't supposed to include parliamentary candidates with ties to militias. Problem is, many of those disqualified aren't actually involved with militias. 'The net caught a few small fish while the sharks swam around it,' says one election official.
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Karzai second-term goals: unity, stamping out corruption
Afghanistan President Karzai faces challenge of governing provinces that did not support him and where feelings of betrayal may run strong.
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Afghan election: Can Karzai's rivals close the gap?
Top contenders Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani are campaigning outside their traditional bases and attacking the incumbent.
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Pakistan's sharia cease-fire: I knew it wouldn't work, Zardari says
Political and military leaders in the region try to look to the positive as Taliban fighters entrench in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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