Abstract
The intense election crisis that has engulfed Afghanistan over the past few months has been rarely discussed in the Australian media, with more imminent crises such as ISIS in the Middle Eastand Australia's contribution to the fight against ittaking front and centre stage. For the moment the election crisis is over, and a rather unusual and complex new Unity Government was sworn in on 29 September 2014. The Government has a new President, Dr Ashraf Ghani (the 'announced' winning candidate of the run-off presidential elections) and a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Abdullah Abdullah (in the eyes of many the 'real' winner of the elections due to his drastic lead in the first round of voting). Though no match made in heaven, the deal was forged around institutional capture and political deadlock after an election marred by fraud.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-3pp |
| No. | 3 October 2014 |
| Specialist publication | The Interpreter |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |