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At summit meant to embrace new Afghan leader, guest of honor is missing - Washington Post
That the conference is likely to be held without any clear end in sight to the electoral impasse will hardly inspire confidence in NATO members, said Andrew Wilder, the vice president of South and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Process Determining Next Afghan President Is Fraught With Delays - KQED
CARBERRY: Andrew Wilder is an Afghanistan expert with the U.S. Institute of Peace. He says that while the atmospherics of the political talks are collegial, the key questions have yet to be resolved. WILDER: The devil is in the detail. What does a ...
Abdullah Holds Powerful Cards In Afghan Election Crisis - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
... high and there is really not the luxury of letting this be a long drawn-out process as we had in the 2009 disputed election, at which time you had an incumbent president," observes Andrew Wilder of the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace.
Ghani Leads Afghan Vote, But Fraud Charges Hang Over Results - Wall Street Journal
Andrew Wilder, vice president of the Center for South and Central Asia at the United States Institute of Peace, said the release of the results might help foster negotiations between the two parties. "It's useful to have the preliminary results out ...
Over $45M in U.S. payments to Afghan police at risk of theft, report shows - Washington Times
“It's been a big problem from the very beginning,” said Andrew Wilder, vice president of South and Central Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace. It is unclear exactly how much money has been stolen. SIGAR is conducting an audit. The ...
Afghan Vote a Success, Results Uncertain - Voice of America
The vote, says Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace, was a decisive message to the militants. "If seven million Afghans turned out to vote, despite all these threats, I think there is only to interpret that as a real significant defeat ...
Afghans set to defy the Taliban in presidential vote - BBC News
Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute for Peace who has seen all the recent elections. "With some 6,500 polling stations across the country, it will be hard to stop the vote." Speculation also continued, right down to the wire, that palace ...
Afghan Candidates Pledge Peace, Prosperity Amid Violence - Voice of America
Andrew Wilder, director of the South and Central Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, calls the elections are crucial to the nation's future. “It's so critically important, both for the future of political stability ...
Afghan economy at a crossroads - Deutsche Welle
... Afghanistan does not have the domestic revenue sources to pay for the Afghan National Security Forces, let alone its civilian departments," said Andrew Wilder, South Asia analyst at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). "A country that ...
Future of US-Afghan Relations - C-SPAN
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