Afghanistan’s gunpoint election

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Published Aug 20 2009 by World Socialist Web Site

Afghanistan’s gunpoint election

By any measure, todays presidential election in Afghanistan is a travesty. The poll takes place under conditions of a continuing foreign military occupation to prop up a puppet government that is notorious for its human rights abuses, corruption and failure to provide for the basic needs...

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Afghanistan’s gunpoint election

Bomb blast kills 10 in southern Afghanistan (AFP)

Whose agenda?

Pakistani Taliban Kill 4 Alleged U.S. Spies

Taliban talks halted by Pakistan arrests: UN envoy

Taliban claims of Iran training dismissed by diplomats

Bombs kill 12 as Afghans celebrate new year

Consequences of America's new Afghan policy