Rumours ran rampant that the incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, - TopicsExpress



          

Rumours ran rampant that the incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, would not let elections take place. There was also widespread scaremongering about a sharp increase in Taliban attacks that would derail the process, and routine Taliban threats were given a lot of credence by the international and local media. A day ahead of the polls, the Washington Post carried the headline, ‘Fear of Violence Shadows Afghanistan’s Provinces on Election Eve.’ There was also talk of possible electoral misconduct that would apparently “delegitimise” the process. None of those predictions came true. In Vantage, Nazes Afroz on lessons from Afghanistan on how to conduct and report on an election
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:07:59 +0000

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