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Apr. 14, 2014

Official results of 10 percent of votes cast in 26 of Afghanistans 34 provinces shows presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani are leading in race; runoff election appears increasingly certain.MORE

Normally raucous news media in Afghanistan has eased up on criticism and taken on more of a cheerleader role for the political process; change is a measure of the urgency that Afghans are feeling about their presidential election; on Election Day and days since, journalists have keep focus on the positive, and at times trouble spots seem to have deliberately been played down.MORE

Afghanistan's Independent Election Complaints Commission reports a cleaner presidential election this year than widely discredited 2009 election; none of leading candidates have said so far that they would dispute this year's balloting, whose results have not yet been announced.MORE

Editorial holds that 60 percent turnout in Afghanistan's presidential election suggests a maturing political system and a sense of civic resilience; argues it is also a sign that the time has come to end America's combat role there after 13 years of conflict.MORE

Afghans, after enduring months of Taliban attacks and days of security clampdowns, revel in apparent success of presidential election; election officials say vote count indicated that about 60 percent of the 12 million eligible voters had cast ballots.MORE

Serge Schmemann Quick History column reflects on the week's events, including the Supreme Court campaign finance decision, faltering Middle East peace talks and elections in Afghanistan.MORE

Afghan voters turn out in such high numbers to choose new president and provincial councils that polling hours are extended nationwide; voters defy campaign of Taliban violence in lead up to election day, while militants fail to mount single major attack; election marks first time in modern history that Afghans have changed their leader democratically as Hamid Karzai's dozen years in power end.MORE

Fear of reprisal from the Taliban keep many voters in Shinwar and other rural areas of Afghanistan from casting ballots in presidential election; low turnout is in distinct contrast to high level of participation in Kabul and other cities.MORE

Obama administration officials say ensuring a stable Afghanistan remains important to avoid complicating the United States' larger strategic interests in the region; administration remains open to rekindling a relationship with whoever becomes Pres Hamid Karzai's successor after country's presidential elections.MORE

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