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As u.s. troops prepare to withdraw from afghanistan, afghans are preparing to usher in their own new era. soon the nation could witness its first ever democratic handover of power. so what have i told you that afghanistan seems poised to effectively navigate this transition? in other words, what if i told you that afghanistan could actually work out? almost two months ago, afghans headed to the polls in record numbers. the election went remarkably well. afghan security forces performed better th...

We still dont have a full result, of course. back in 2009, about 20% of all ballots were thrown out, due to allegations of fraud. to prevent that from happening again, thousands of election observers were employed to keep an eye on the election and the vote count, which has already begun. in congratulating the afghan government, president obama referred to the challenge ahead saying, quote are, we look to the electoral bodies to carry on their duties to adjudicate the results. people have until ...

Afghanistan. so hes constitutionally barred from running again. there are eight candidates running to replace karzai, with three major ones. all three of the men have promise to do what karzai has refused to do, which is improve the relationship with the united states and also assign a -- sign a long-term bilateral security agreement with the united states. that would also then, once its signed by the new president, would allow the pentagon to decide and to announce how many troops they will lea...

Election, where there is no clear winner. you have to go to a runoff, and we dont have a new president of this country until some time in the summer, which would make it very difficult for u.s. forces to adjust to either have to pull out in the few remaining months of the year, or to reposition themselves and stay on for that new training mission. >> richard engel in kabul for us, where he will be following the election tomorrow. thank you so much, richard. and if you read only one thing this ...

Kabul,high across pakistan, particularly in cities and urban areas. but it has been marred by violence. more than 130 people have been killed in the run up to the election with at least 17 dying today. many of them from attacks by the pakinstani taliban, in addition to the violence, there has been reports of widespread ballot stuffing and other irregularities. there are three parties contesting for power, the peoples party of pakistan led by president zadari and the pakinstani muslim league head...

>> these comments are outrageous. they are completely inaccurate and absurd. if i was a u.s. service member in kabul, i would be offended. for all of karzais weaknesses, hes a good afghan politician and he uses the u.s. as a foil from time to time. its infuriating. >> karzais political career was nearly cut short in 2009 when his bid for a second term was marred by ballot stuffing and fraud. karzai won re-election but accused of corruption. the u.s. continued to support his efforts doubling war ...

Because if i show up and i have the i.d. of somebody else and no one challenges me on it and i get away -- >> bill: you vote and weve seen that in massachusetts examine illinois. >> theyre not resting their hat on that in pennsylvania. >> bill: so they say were not going to show any examples of voter fraud. >> they say we want to make thursday there is confidence in the elections. they long believe there has been ballot stuffing, ballot box stuff not guilty particular in philadelphia. so they be...

Because if i show up and i have the i.d. of somebody else and no one challenges me on it and i get away -- >> bill: you vote and weve seen that in massachusetts examine illinois. >> theyre not resting their hat on that in pennsylvania. >> bill: so they say were not going to show any examples of voter fraud. >> they say we want to make thursday there is confidence in the elections. they long believe there has been ballot stuffing, ballot box stuff not guilty particular in philadelphia. so they be...

the u.s. and saudi intelligence says relief is still mixed with fear. >> the plot itself indicates that these terrorists keep trying. they keep trying to devise more and more proverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people. and its a reminder as to why we have to remain vigilant. >> al qaeda and its affiliates can me its a size. they are constantly trying to catch up. whenever it appears we have them boxed eed in, they find a new method. they are sophisticated people. they never sto...

Biden saying he expects the chinese to stick to that. and he sought refuge at the u.s. embassy, in the hospital recovering from some injuries he sustained during his escape. uns had of people reportedly arrested inside russia as they took to the streets to protest. ahead of the inauguration of vladimir putin. police using tear gas to break up the crowd. he won the election in march, but opposition leaders claim that he did so largely because of fraud and ballot stuffing. at least nine people die...