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Article: Afghanistan election: Karzai win spurs plans to improve governance.(WORLD)(Hamid Karzai)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Ben Arnoldy Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
New Delhi -- The Afghan elections have officially ended, and President Hamid Karzai will hold on to his office for five more years, the election commission declared Monday after rival Abdullah Abdullah dropped out of the race.
The fraud-ridden saga has diminished the stature of both Mr. Karzai and the international community in Kabul, and the result brings no mandate but instead raises further proposals for forcing more government accountability.
The talk among Afghan and Western experts ranges from preparing immediately for next year's Parliamentary elections, to rewriting the ...