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Election day violence in Afghanistan - 20 Aug 09
Rockets landed almost every half an hour and explosions rocked Kandahar city throughout polling day. Southern Afghanistan has been the scene of most of the violence. ...
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections, Violence
Afghans Face Taliban Security Threat - 18 Aug 09
The Taliban is threatening to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential elections....
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections, Violence
Afghanis in Pakistan Unable to Vote - 17 Aug 09
An estimated 17 million Afghans are registered to vote, but many living outside the country will not casting their ballot. ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections, Refugees
Fraud Casts Shadow Over Afghan Vote - 17 Aug 09
Security is tight as campaigning for presidential and provincial elections in Afghanistan draws to a close. ...
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections
Karzai counts on tribal allegiance - 17 Aug 09
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, is relying on ethnic affiliations to win in the country's upcoming elections. ...
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections
Violence threatens Afghan women's vote - 16 Aug 09
Many fear poor security, rampant fraud and not enough female election staff will keep many women away from the polling stations in next week's presidential election in Afghanistan. ...
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Discrimination, Elections, Women's rights
Bomb blast rocks Ingushetia - 17 Aug 09
Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has sacked a senior interior minister in Ingushetia, after 20 people were killed by a powerful bomb there. ...
Regions: Eastern Europe, Russia
Issues: Violence
Inside Story - Violence in the Caucasus - 18 August 09
Violence in former Soviet States in the Caucasus region appears to be on the rise. We ask: what are the root causes of this upswing in violence?...
Regions: Eastern Europe, Russia
Issues: Violence
Gaza Gunbattle Leaves Several Dead - 15 Aug 09
Fighting between Hamas forces and al-Jamaa al-Salafiya al-Jihadya in Palestine has left at least 16 people dead, after a Sheikh called for the Gaza Strip to be ruled by Sharia (Islamic law)....
Regions: Israel, Palestine
Issues: Armed conflict, Violence
Bosnia facing troubled future - 13 Aug 09
On his recent trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Joe Biden, the US vice president, warned politicians there that a descent into "ethnic chaos" needed to be averted. ...