President Hamid Karzai has just conceded that he didn’t win an outright victory in his country’s August 20 presidential vote, and Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has ordered a ...

On Aug. 20, Afghanistan holds its second-ever presidential election. Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the Taliban’s threats, going to the polls to reject extremism and democratically elect ...

Afghanistan’s election will go to a run-off vote between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani, results confirmed Thursday, as the country enters a new era ...

Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday demanded a halt to vote-counting over fraud allegations, taking the country to the brink of a political crisis during its first ...

KABUL -- One of the biggest criticisms of Afghanistan’s otherwise much-lauded first-round election was a chronic shortage of ballot papers. Tens of thousands of people, some waiting in line for hours, ...

Afghan officials are still counting the votes from this weekend's parliamentary elections, marked by violence, a low turnout and widespread fraud. What are the possible consequences for US policy with ...