http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/carlotta_gallArticles by CARLOTTA GALL, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:22 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:22 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e158829c08f677fa481081082f5b6133KABUL, Afghanistan Once the most powerful man in Afghanistan, Marshal Muhammad Qasim Fahim sat on the political sidelines for the past five years after being accused of corruption and maintaining an armed militia when he was defense minister. Now, ...Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:47:22 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e158829c08f677fa481081082f5b6133Hamid KarzaiTalibanUnited NationsHillary Rodham ClintonAbdullah Abdullahhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/world/asia/31fraud.html?partner=rss&emc=rssPUL-I-CHARKHI, Afghanistan A Kabul teacher assigned to run a polling station in this village arrived at 6 a.m. on Election Day to find the ballot boxes already full, well before the voting was to start. When he protested, the other election officials ...Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:37:22 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/world/asia/31fraud.html?partner=rss&emc=rssHamid KarzaiNATOhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rssKABUL, Afghanistan The first preliminary results in the Afghan presidential election released Tuesday showed that President Hamid Karzai had a slender lead over his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, but not a majority, with 10 percent of the votes ...Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:22 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rssHamid KarzaiBarack Obamahttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4b443663854cff7195fe8b7a18f3d620Official results have yet to be released Afghanistan’s election commission plans to announce partial results on Tuesday but the minister, who is also chief economic adviser to the president, quoted figures he said had been provided to the cabinet. ...Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:58:09 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4b443663854cff7195fe8b7a18f3d620http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/asia/23afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rssKABUL, Afghanistan Turnout by female voters in Afghanistan’s presidential election on Thursday was notably low, and women were disproportionately affected by the violence and intimidation, a number of election observer organizations said ...Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:41:44 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/asia/23afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rssEuropean UnionHamid Karzaihttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=586cbf1bc4baadb1b1a2198af274b9fbKABUL, Afghanistan Defying Taliban warnings and a flurry of rocket attacks apparently aimed at polling stations, Afghans voted Thursday in an election that has become a critical benchmark of the nation’s progress for both the Afghan government and the ...Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:41:04 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=586cbf1bc4baadb1b1a2198af274b9fbBarack ObamaHamid KarzaiNATOhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/asia/19candidates.html?partner=rss&emc=rssKABUL, Afghanistan Away from the big rallies and famous candidates, there are several dozen barely known candidates running for president of Afghanistan in Thursday’s election, among them two women, a 62-year-old mullah, a caretaker and a fortuneteller. ...Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:52:32 GMThttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/asia/19candidates.html?partner=rss&emc=rsshttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6bc3c4b7a21096944c35d9c356310d35KABUL, Afghanistan Whether and how to negotiate peace with the Taliban has become the one issue that no candidate in the Afghan presidential election can avoid taking a stand on. There is broad agreement that the war must end, but debate swirls around ...Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:08:19 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6bc3c4b7a21096944c35d9c356310d35Hamid KarzaiTalibanAshraf GhaniBarack ObamaGulbuddin Hekmatyarhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aacf74a0d140e7c6cb8333f798f0b4a0KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai moved to strengthen his chances of re-election on Sunday, just four days before the voting, by appearing in a live televised debate with two of his opponents and allowing an Uzbek warlord to return to ...Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:28:33 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aacf74a0d140e7c6cb8333f798f0b4a0Hamid KarzaiAbdul Rashid DostumAshraf Ghanihttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1819e8fbd2a4914821bdc275f25442a9KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is still leading in the presidential race one week before the national election, but his opponents are closing the gap, and he still falls short of the 50 percent support needed to avoid a runoff, a new opinion ...Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:02:03 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1819e8fbd2a4914821bdc275f25442a9Hamid KarzaiU.S. Republican PartyAshraf GhaniRamazan Bashardost