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Democracy or disaster?

AFGHANISTAN: IT was aimed at giving the nation a common voice � but Afghanistan�s elections, riddled with corruption and violence, may have only added to the country�s ethnic and political tensions From Julius Cavendish in Kabul

AFTER weeks on the campaign trail, Afghan politics is suddenly quiet as president Hamid Karzai and his closest rival Dr Abdullah Abdullah wait for the result of Thursday's presidential election.