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The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Tuesday directed attention to candidate campaigns in the upcoming elections, saying that the Afghan people expect honest campaigning based on substantive platforms, not ethnic ties.
The statement came only a few days remain before the official campaign period for Presidential candidates begins on February 2.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a news conference on Monday urged Kabul to finalize its post-2014 deal with the U.S., warning that Afghanistan could face a complete halt in NATO support operations in the country "if it does not sign the Bilateral Security Agreement."
"For planning reasons, we need to know soon whether we are invited or not. I mean, if we are not invited, if we don't have any legal framework then we can't stay in Afghanistan after 2014. This is as simple as that," Rasmussen said.