Word: afghanization
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...repeatedly condemned Hamas for participating in elections, for accepting Saudi and Egyptian mediation of its conflict with Fatah, and for observing a cease-fire with Israel. Hamas officials routinely dismiss al-Qaeda's criticisms. Hamas' Beirut representative Osama Hamdan two years ago suggested that "a fugitive in the Afghan mountains" offered the Palestinian cause no advice worth heeding. Also in 2007, when a self-styled "Army of Islam" claiming inspiration from al-Qaeda kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston in Gaza, Hamas forced the group to release...
...says Cordesman. On the other hand, "If Abdullah should win, a man who has never governed or administered any significant body will take over. Just as would be the case with Karzai, Abdullah will then be faced with ministries that lack capacity, are corrupt, that do not serve most Afghans outside Kabul with any competence, and that will still control virtually all state funds ... There will be no meaningful government services in far too many areas. There will be no Afghan source of security. Instead, there will be a corrupt and ineffective police, and no courts and jails...
...Early in the day, nearly 100 men and half as many women had voted, he says, but since the news of the first bombing, the number of voters had slowed to a trickle, even though the immediate neighborhood had remained untouched by violence. (See pictures of the Afghan presidential election...
...Outside of Kabul, the situation was indeed worse, with rocket attacks throughout the country scaring voters away from the polls. In Wardak province, next to Kabul, Taliban intimidation on the roads forced the provincial government to close all polling stations. As a last resort, soldiers from the Afghan army started going door to door with ballots, a practice that could easily be mistaken as a coercive tactic in favor of the current government. International and independent Afghanistan observers worry that the lack of voters could open the way to fraud: corrupt officials might use the names and registration numbers...
...Ministry of Finance. "Even if we all have ink on our fingers, it doesn't matter, because at the end of the day, officials will be adding ballots that are not from the people." When asked why he was even bothering to vote, Zahir shrugs, saying, "As an Afghan, it is my responsibility to help choose our future. But many of my friends have already given up. They didn't even come out today." (Read about the Taliban threat to disrupt the Afghan election...