Afghan electoral body disqualifies more than half the country’s presidential candidates --- KABUL — More than half of Afghanistan’s presidential candidates were disqualified by the country’s electoral body Tuesday, although major power players and regional strongmen, including a brother of incumbent President Hamid Karzai, remain on the list for the April vote. -- The head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, said dual citizenship and failure to provide enough voters’ signatures were among the reasons the IEC removed 16 candidates from the list. --- Most of the 10 approved by the IEC are seen as pro-Karzai figures, with former foreign minister Zalmay Rassoul and the president’s elder brother Qayum Karzai, among those said to be his favorites. - More, Washingtonpost