Surprise Ending to Afghan Elections

Surprise Ending to Afghan Elections

It was a busy weekend in Afghanistan, where the prime challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of the presidential runoff election. The Afghanistan Election Commission declared Karzai the winner. What really happened in...

It was a busy weekend in Afghanistan, where the prime challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of the presidential runoff election. The Afghanistan Election Commission declared Karzai the winner. What really happened in Kabul, what are ordinary Afghans are saying about it, and why Americans should care.

Guests

Masood Aziz

former Diplomat, Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States, now an independent foreign policy analyst

Josh Rogin

writes The Cable blog at Foreign Policy magazine, where he's a national security and foreign policy journalist.

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