KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Long shot Afghan presidential contender Ashraf Ghani joined his counterparts claiming widespread fraud and intimidation in the Thursday vote.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Preliminary results for the presidential vote in Afghanistan show incumbent President Hamid Karzai tied with his former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke, who toured polling stations in Kabul, says the Taliban "utterly failed" to disrupt Afghanistan's Thursday elections.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Afghan voters trickled in to polling stations Thursday to take part in provincial and presidential elections, though some centers were closed due to violence.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Afghan officials said election-day violence led to the deaths of 26 people nationwide, but still called Thursday's vote a success.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Afghanistan government is facing a moment of truth for its fledgling democracy as its second-ever presidential election approaches, observers say.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The Taliban's wave of mayhem in Afghanistan so close to Thursday's presidential elections did not spare even the heavily guarded capital of Kabul, where, to prove its daring, the militant group put on its show in front of NATO headquarters.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The debate performance of Afghan presidential contender Ashraf Ghani proves he is the best candidate to lead the country, the former finance minister said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Washington will work with whichever candidate emerges victorious from the Aug. 20 presidential elections, a State Department spokesman said.