<$BlogRSDUrl$>

Monday, October 11, 2004

More On Afghanistan

Story first:

Afghan Opposition Candidate Backs Off Boycott

Monday, October 11, 2004

KABUL, Afghanistan — The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote Monday, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.

Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home on Monday, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott.

John Kerry called Afghanistan a mess. I guess he would see the vastly and impressively successful election there as just another nuisance.

Comments: Post a Comment

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?