Neues Deutschland, 17 June 2014
Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the Berlin-based daily (subscribers only)), saying that – before even first preliminary results are out – both candidates come up wizh accusations of fraud. Due to the lack of an impartial institution to eliviate conflict, outgoing president Hamed Karzai might turn out as the final arbitrator, which would endear him with the final winner, and secure him the position of a grey eminence.
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