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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 than anyone expected. there were few reports of ballot stuffing or corruption that had marred the 2009...

We still don't 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 the end of today to report complaints, by the way. one of the most prevalent so far is has to do wi...

Afghanistan. so he's 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 it's signed by the new president, would allow the pentagon to decide and to announce how many troops they will leave here in afghanistan. most likely it will be somewhere between ten and 15,000 american troops he...

Election, where there is no clear winner. you have to go to a runoff, and we don't 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 morning, you actually can't even talk about the afghanistan election without understanding just how...

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 people's party of pakistan led by president zadari and the pakinstani muslim league headed by sarif and a third new party led by former international cricket star. he's seen by many as a ...