{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Crushing Democracy in Afghanistan","author_name":"John W. Warnock","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3491.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3491.html'\u003ECrushing Democracy in Afghanistan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May Day Afghan President Hamid Karzai filed his papers with the country\u2019s Independent Election Commission, formally declaring that he is going to stand for re-election. The presidential election has been set for August 20, 2009. What surprised the western media were his choices for vice president and deputy vice president. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nRunning on Karzai\u2019s ticket will be Mohammad Qasum Fahim, one of the most notorious warlords in Afghan history. He has been accused by Human Rights Watch and other (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}