Violent War Continues to Rage Across Nation as International Forces Plan for Exit and Early Elections in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Karzai contemplates early elections

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he may call an early presidential election to leave enough time for the new government to handle a planned security transition from US forces to Afghans. Karzai, re-elected in a second post-Taliban poll in 2009 amid allegations of widespread voting irregularities. | Democracy, elections, and voting