At least 18 candidates are in the fray for Afghanistan's presidential elect...
KABUL - At least 18 candidates are in the fray for Afghanistan’s presidential election on September 28, but only two are seen having a shot at winning in a country fractured by ethnic faultlines, unstable alliances and decades of war.
Whoever wins this year will be at center-stage of efforts to forge peace with the Taliban and the possible resumption of talks between the insurgents and the United States, which were called off earlier this month. Ghani, who can be stubborn and short-fused according to Western diplomats, is predicted to win despite a first term marred by fallouts with allies and the ostracization of Afghanistan’s political and regional elite. The result has been a lack of consensus, eroding Ghani’s ability to rule in the country’s far-flung provinces.
Unlike his rival, Afghanistan’s chief executive has repeatedly voiced his preference for peace over elections, saying he would drop out of the race if it would help the country reach a deal with the Taliban. After the Taliban were ousted, Abdullah was made foreign minister in 2001 by then-president Karzai, a post which he resigned in 2006.
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