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Voters queue at Ali Baba High School in the provincial capital Parun, Paktika. Photo: Fazal Muzhary, October 2018.

The 2018 Election Observed (4) in Paktika: Pre-election fraud and relatively peaceful polling

Fazl Rahman Muzhary •

Where Paktika has been famous for ballot stuffing and mass proxy voting in previous elections, locals claim that this election was very different. A softer Taleban stance and a new slate of candidates, they say, allowed for more extensive campaigning. And the new electoral measures prevented rigging which, as a result, the electorate – including […]

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Why One of Afghanistan’s Most Feared Men Is a U.S. Ally

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Times, 4 October 2011 This follow-up article by Julius Cavendish gives more detail on Azizullah, the violent Special Forces’ ally in Paktika’s Bermel district, and provides a glimpse inside the murky world of Afghan Guard Forces, Counterterroism Pursuit Teams and otherwise largely uncontrolled Afghan forces..

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