Word: ahmedzai
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...polling was marred by circulation of 100,000 fake ballots, that some polling places were shut down when the tally turned against Karzai, and that the indelible ink mark put on voters' fingers to prevent multiple votes wore off too easily. "These elections were illegal," said candidate Ahmed Shah Ahmedzai. "And so is any government elected by this vote." The claims will be hard to prove or disprove, as the U.N. was able to field just 200 observers to cover 5,000 polling stations. Counting the vote could take three weeks. Meanwhile, Afghans fear that several of Karzai's foes...
...Taliban tribal chieftain, Naim Kochi, was released two weeks ago from American custody in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where he had been held for having truck with renegade anti-U.S. commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Kochi was sprung because he could deliver more than 55,000 votes from his Ahmedzai tribe, according to an influential tribesman involved in the negotiations. But after his two years in Gitmo, the gray-bearded elder may choose not to help Karzai. Revenge, after all, is an Afghan specialty...