Analysis: Election Concerns Threaten Future Stability in Afghanistan

ZALMAY KHALILZAD, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan: Well, they say that the level of fraud is not as high as has been alleged, that some degree of fraud was to be expected, given the level of development and institutionalization of the country, but that they have won the election, and there is some effort by some people in the international community to get rid of Karzai, and there's all kinds of conspiracy theories flying around Kabul. But what is important is that this -- to recognize that this election in Afghanistan, its ultimate outcome will have a decisive effect for the future of Afghanistan. And, therefore, it's very important that one gets to a point where the legitimacy of the outcome is not broadly questioned in Afghanistan and around the world. - Election Concerns Threaten Future Stability in Afghanistan

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