posted: 16-08-2009 by: Martine van Bijlert
More details later, as they come in.
AAN blogs provide timely update about political and security developments in Afghanistan.
Other blogs by Martine van Bijlert
Campaign trail (3): the candidates and their strategies
Kabul Conference (4): Don't Mention the War
Kabul Conference (1): Outsmarted and made to pay
The revolt of the good guys in Gizab
Continuing tug of war between the Parliament and Karzai
The resignation of Atmar and Saleh; early thoughts
PEACE JIRGA BLOG 6: An attack on the jirga, an end to peace?
A Ministers retreat, a rowdy crowd and the politics of the thinly veiled threat
Counterinsurgency in Kandahar: what happened to the fence?
Getting ready for the next election: the IEC pushes ahead
Separating the government, the Taliban and the people (1): Karzai and the confusion in Kabul
Separating the government, the Taliban and the people (2): Meanwhile in the provinces
The Electoral Law that wasn't amended (yet) and fraud by foreigners
PEACE JIRGA BLOG 1: How serious is the Peace Jirga?
Strangers kicking in your door
Dreaming of a pliable parliament and a ruling family
Wondering where all of this is going
London Conference (2): Peace, Reconciliation and Reintegration
London Conference (1): Calling for Afghan ownership and Afghan leadership
The Cabinet vote: Fourteen in, eleven to go
So where are we with the 2010 elections?
Hope has returned to Afghanistan, or so they say.
Parliament votes off most of Karzai's Cabinet
Rearranging election outcomes while the IEC archive burns
The confused fight against corruption
Parliament getting ready for the new Cabinet
Finishing the unfinished election (2): Panjshir and Kapisa
Finishing the unfinished election (1): Helmand, Khost and Farah
Small stories from the province (1): A very high-ranking dog
MEI paper repost: How to respond to a flawed election
NDS detention - not just a Canadian problem
Corruption, corruption, corruption
AAN Election Blog No. 40: The President has been elected
AAN Election Blog No. 38: I think we should be worried now
AAN Election Blog 36: The next chapter of the conclusion
AAN Election Blog 37: The next chapter of the conclusion (2)
AAN Election Blog 35: The fog of an election result
AAN Election Blog 34: Rumours of a Run-off
What the preliminary results tell us (3): Logar, Baghlan and Uruzgan
AAN Election Blog 33: So what do we do with the audit?
What the preliminary results tell us (2): Nimruz provincial council
What the preliminary results tell us (1): Kabul provincial council
AAN Election Blog No. 32: We have a new universe - and an old problem
AAN Election Blog No. 31: We have a result – sort of – and some very frayed relations.
AAN Election Blog No. 30: Which votes are to be counted - a crucial battle
AAN Election Blog No. 27: A mysterious election and a fluid count
A response to AAN Election Blog No. 23
AAN Election Blog No. 23: How much are we expected to believe?
AAN Election Blog 21: Observing the Vote - An Election with Many Faces
AAN Electoral Blog No. 17: Voter Turnout - stating the obvious
AAN Electoral Blog No. 19: The day before the 2009 elections
AAN Electoral Blog No. 18: Some last minute figures
AAN Election Blog No. 13: The Debate
AAN Election Blog No. 10: Elections in far-away places
AAN Election Blog No. 9: On the Campaign Trail III
AAN Election Blog No. 11: The Return of the General (to be continued)
AAN Election Blog No. 7: Parliament's closed doors and wedding discussions
AAN Election Blog No. 3: On the Campaign Trail II
AAN Election Blog No. 2: On the Campaign Trail
Teeth, flowers and another tale of violence