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Washington s special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital and will rejoin talks with the Tali
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A plan to disarm Afghanistan s warring militias ahead of landmark elections is seriously in jeopardy because of obstruction by powerful commanders, the United Nations warned Thursday.The Afghan Ministry of Defense adopted a plan in late March to disarm 40 percent of the country s estimated 100,000 irregular fighters by June 3
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air force one ried posters reiterating their calls for democratic reforms. Anti-government protesters are sprayed by a water cannon during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Kin Cheung / AP I feel this is our duty. The government wants to block us with the ban, but I want to say that the people will not be afraid, said one protester, Winnie Leung, 50.Monday marked the end of the third straight month inHong Kong s summer of protest. Over the weekend, thousands of people hit the streets again mdash; this time parading American flags and singing Jzuw Barbara Taylor Bradford, best-selling novelist known for A Woman of Substance, dies at 91
The U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan s election issued its first orders Thursday to exclude some ballots from the final tally.The Aug. 20 poll has been increasingly marred by reports of ball
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stanley cup e Electoral Complaints Commission said in a statement. This is a more severe step than ordering a recount, in which the votes could eventually be included.Decisions by the commission are final under Afghanistan s electoral law. The group is releasing decisions from each province as investigations finish.International censure of the vote has increased since Tuesday, when election officials released preliminary results from 92 percent of polling stations showing Karzai had finally passed the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. The voiding of ballots Thursday could change these results. The complaints commission ordered an audit and recount countrywide of stations where turnout was at or above 100 percent, or where one candidate won more than 95 percent of the vote.The Washington, D.C.-based National Democratic Institute said its analysis of results found large numbers of stations with more than 600 votes
