Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Salam Watandar 8.00 Karzai and Ramazan 13.00 12 journalists Bashardost voted, no DS arrested by police in Kabul for filming 9.00 Dr. Abdullah and Hamid Karzai are taking voters in Reporting about election buses to the polling stations returns based on provincial election 10.00 Balkh Media Commission is center results directing people to vote for Dr. Abdullah or Hamid Karzai Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Radio Killid 9.58 Daad Noorani spoke about Dr. Abdullah and Hamid Karzai violations
10.23 Sare Pul reporter said that Dr. Abdullah rep said that he was not allowed into polling station
10.27 Noorani and Mubarez spoke about election violations, that Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah are committing election violations
10.34 Karzai picture posted at a polling station
10.51 Takahar reporter said that Chal district and Farkhar people are working for Dr. Abdullah
10.52 Noorani and Mubarez spoke about Dr. Abdullah violations
11.03 Reporters spoke about Ramazan Bashardost claims that ink was being washed off
11.04 Ghazni report, Hamid Karzai pictures posted at a polling station
11.13 MP Hashimi said Hamid Karzai was not a good president
11.25 Chardehi Report, Dr. Abdullah, Mirwais Yasini and Hamid Karzai posters at polling stations
11.26 Dr. Abdullah picture posted at polling station
11.43 Hamid Karzai, Dr. Abdullah names spoken
12.04 Paghman report that only Dr. Abdullah and Hamid Karzai campaign reps are here Report Date: 19 August 2009
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11.57 Bala Murghab, campaigning taking place for PC Khan Mohammad
13.06 Zeenat Karzai voted and Dr. Abdullah and his wife
14.20 Arzan Qimat, car with Mirwais Yasini posters wanted to enter a polling site but police prevented them
14.39 Lycee Zarghuna report that across from the school there was a Sky News Van with Dr. Abdullah’s photo
15.43 Arzan Qimat, reporter talked about Dr. Abdullah polling violations and wanted to talk about Hamid Karzai too but reporter was cut off
15.57 Arzan Qimat campaigning taking place Shanawaz Tanai
16.10 Verbal argument between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah workers
Radio Arman See Tolo / Lemar
Radio RTA 8.00 Direct Speech Hamid Karzai calling on people to participate in election
14.30 Direct Speech Hamid Karzai to participate in election Report Date: 19 August 2009
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RTA TV 7.30 News Bulletin 12.30, 13.00 Hamid Karzai voting with Direct News Bulletin Speech Dr. Zeenat Karzai went to vote 8.00 News Bulletin Hamid Karzai voting with Direct Speech 60 seconds
8.15 Interview with Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai Direct Speech 40 seconds
8.30 News Bulletin Hamid Karzai Direct Speech Direct Speech 60 seconds
9.30 Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai Direct Speech 40 seconds
10 am Dr. Abdullah Abdullah voting Direct Speech 3 seconds
11.40 VP Running mate Karim Khalili
12.00 Dr. Habib Mangal shown, his wife spoke
14.41 Mirwais Yasini No Direct Speech
18.10 Press conference Karzai DS 580 seconds
RTA TV 20.00 News Bulletins Hamid Karzai voted at 7.30 am this morning. Zeenat Karzai and Karim Khalili shown.
Hamid Karzai congratulated the nation on election day. DS 191 seconds Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Tolo TV 13.30 Interview with Kai Eide Report of candidates If Karzai is re-elected we will voting (Karzai, Dr. have good relations, and we’ve Abdullah, Ramazan had good relations with him Bashardost) but no now. Direct Speech
18.00 & 19.30 News Bulletin 1. Hamid Karzai DS News Bulletin about voting DS 25 seconds 2. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah - DS 18 seconds 3. Ramazan Bashardost - DS 18 4. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai - DS 10 seconds 5. Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi - DS 5 seconds
Ramazan Bashardost went to the IEC to complain about non inedible ink, Direct Speech 24
Ashraf Ghani complained that Dr. Abdullah supporters in Khair Khana forced people to vote for Dr. Abdullah
Dr. Abdullah said in Kandahar that armed men in Spin Boldak told people to vote for Karzai
Mullah Dewana Tarakheil took ballots home yesterday and went to vote at 5 am to stuff ballots for Karzai in Tarakheil, Deh Sabs
20.15 Ramazan Bashardost Direct Speech Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Noor TV Election Special
9.02 , 10.05 am 12.13 Ustad Masoud Hamid Karzai voting and Direct Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Speech 52 seconds urging the has a foreigner advisor nation to vote for their candidate of choice 14.47 Rahman Ughli MP said that the IEC is 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 working for Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah spoke is not independent. about participating in There are commanders in elections Direct Speech 54 Kandahar who are taking Seconds the ballot boxes and stuffing them with Karzai votes. 12.10 Anchor stated that Dr. Adullah, Abdul Latif Pedram, 15.30 Mohammad Nasir Ramazan Bashardost and Hamid Faqiri, said that Dr. Karzai have voted. Abdullah wants a parliamentary system, 18.04 Dr. Abdullah criticized that’s good for the process Afghanistan. (Jamiat Dr. Abdullah and his wife Islami secretariat voting, DS 65 seconds chair) Hamid Karzai, DS 30 seconds Sayyid Jalal Karim, DS 15 seconds 18:07 Gov. Atta said if there is no fraud, Dr. Dr. Abdullah campaign office Abdullah will win 100%, criticized Hamid Karzai and IEC worked for Karzai poll workers for urging people to vote for Karzai during the Akhir Khat 18.40 election day Sancharaki & Saifuddin Saihoon guests. 18:15 Bashardost Direct Speech Sancharaki said in Pul i 5 seconds Khumri Karzai posters at polling stations. Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Shamshad TV 7.15 Documentary film on Promo: Candidates previous election pictures shown between Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai shown programming. Direct Speech 36 seconds First Daoud Khan, then Hamid Karzai mentioned and Hamid Karzai, Ashraf shown several times Ghani Ahamdzai, Ramazan Dr. Abdullah shown several Bashardost, Mohammad times Sarwar Ahmadzai, total 14 candidates. 9.14, 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 1. Hamid Karzai voting with Kabul Governor in Lycee Amani. National song with Direct Speech 65 seconds, asked picture of Hamid Karzai people to participate in the shown election. “Inshallah I will win in the first round.” 11.52 Dr. Abdullah 9.14 Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai campaign was busing voted in Lycee Amani, Direct people to the polling Speech 45 seconds station and showing them “If there is no fraud, there on the bus the elections will be a second round of symbol of Dr. Abdullah voting.”
12.00 Mirwais Yasini appeared, 12.05 Mirwais Yasini no Direct Speech shown, reporter said that Yasini asked people 13.18 Shahla Atta to participate and that Direct Speech 35 Seconds, the election is interviewed in a voting center. transparent. “Vote for someone who will really serve this country.” Mazar e Sharif caller said Abdullah and Karzai 13.22 Jan Mohammad Khalid PC campaign telling ppl to candidate, complained about ink vote for those stains washing off. Direct candidates Speech 120 seconds
15:08 Mohammad Hakim Torsan interviewed along with his father who is 110 years old. Direct Speech 35
16.00 News Bulletin Karzai voted, no DS Ramazan Bashardost complained about ink stain Mirwais Yasini said the process is going well Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Shamshad TV 18.03 Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai phone interview on election program, DS 305 seconds. He said that there was fraud.
18:16 Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, DS 440 seconds, he said there was fraud but no specifics
18:25 Ramazan Bashardost DS 379 seconds spoke about the ink stain in phone interview
19.00 Karzai voting, DS 22 seconds Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai voting, DS 38 seconds
Ariana TV 8.00 News Bulletin Hamid Karzai voting, Direct 18.30 Pashto News Speech 60 seconds Hamid Karzai held a press conference
8.21 News Bulletins Dr. Abdullah campaign Ramazan Bashardost with running said it has list of mates went to vote Direct violations by Karzai, Speech 20 seconds Karzai campaign said they have a list as well 8:54 Dr. Abdullah voting in Lycee Naderia, Live coverage, Direct Speech confined to natural sound from event
9.00 Live shots of Ashraf Ghani voting in Lycee Habibia, Direct Speech limited from natural sound of live coverage
14.35 Image of candidates appeared, Shahla Atta, Mohammad Hashim Towfiqi, Motasim Billah Mazhabi, Zia ul Haqq Hafizi Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Aina TV 12.21, 13.20 Karzai observers say that election commissions people are taking voters’ ballot papers and voting for them in Deh Khodaidad
12.15 Gen. Dostum Direct Speech asked people to vote
Lemar TV
Noorin TV 15.20 Song aired with Dr. Showed voters whose Abdullah’s image and Hamid inkstains washed off Karzai’s image Kandahar report that Karzai supported are 18.00 taking ballot boxes with Hamid Karzai 25 them to stuff them Dr. Abdullah 22 Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai 10 13.10, 14.08 Ink stain Ramazan Bashardost 12 washing off report repeated 18.17 Gov Atta said IEC was not independent, worked for Karzai Kandahar report that Karzai supported are taking ballot boxes with them to stuff them
13.55 Marshal Fahim image during film on mujahideen Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Rah Farda TV 9.00 Hamid Karzai voting, Direct Speech 31 seconds
10.05 Hamid Karzai voting, Direct Speech 31 seconds
13:01 Hamid Karzai voting, Direct Speech 31 seconds
14.00 Hamid Karzai voting, Direct Speech 31 seconds
18.00 Hamid Karzai voted, DS 31 seconds
19.00 Hamid Karzai voted, DS 31 seconds
19.28 Dr. Abdullah voted, DS 17 seconds
19.55 Hamid Karzai congratulates Afghans on voting, DS 61 seconds
20.00 Pashto News Hamid Karzai voting, Direct Speech 31 seconds
Dr. Abdullah voted with his wife, DS 17 seconds Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Saba TV 7.42 News report about Karzai voting and telling the country that their fate is in their hands and they should vote. No Direct Speech. Saba TV commentary about Karzai voting.
10.27 Karzai voting re-aired
10.44 Ramazan Bashardost voting DS 60 seconds
11:30 Ashraf Ghani voting, Direct Speech 45 seconds
19.05 Hamid Karzai voted, DS 30 seconds Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai DS 50 seconds Dr. Abdullah, DS 60 seconds Ramazan Bashardost, DS 50 seconds Sayyid Jalal Karim, DS 20 seconds Zeenat Karzai image only 10 seconds
19.30 Dr. Abdullah, DS 30 seconds “Said I am concerned about fraud / ink issue”
19.30 Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, DS 20 seconds “Hopefully there was no fraud, it’s a transparent election”
19.30 Mirwais Yasini, Ramazan Bashardost, Ashraf Ghani, Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah shown only Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Tamadon TV 8.00 News Report that Karzai and Bashardost voted (only Karzai image shown). No Direct Speech.
10.00, 10.10 Ramazan Bashardost Direct Speech Told polling station workers to stop process because of fraud. Ink washing off.
10.50 Shahla Atta Direct Speech ink washing off Ramazan Bashardost Direct Speech Ink washing off “Karzai should stop the election now”
11.24 News Bulletins Dr. Abdullah poll observers arrested in Ghazni
Reports on candidates casting vote: 12.30 Hamid Karzai voting, DS 60 seconds 12.32 Dr. Abdullah voting, Direct Speech 62 seconds 12.33 Ashraf Ghani, DS 45 Seconds
13.33, Dr. Abdullah DS 45 seconds “Happy that people are voting, concerned about fraud” Hamid Karzai 60 seconds Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai 30 seconds Happy that people are voting Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Negah TV 18.08 Images of Hamid Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Bashardost and Dr. Abdullah voting, no DS
Hamid Karzai shown voting and Direct Speech
18.34 Ramazan Bashardost, Mirwais Yasini, Motasim Billah Mazhabi no DS
Bashardost DS 50 seconds
19.07 First person to vote, Hamid Karzai
19.40 Hamid Karzai IEC Media Center press conference
Emroz TV 17.30 Hamid Karzai voted, No DS
Afghan TV 13.25 Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai 10.44 A caller said that and Bismillah Sher shown PC candidate Abdul Tamim voting, in background as vox reported that indelible pops were aired ink is washing off
14.30 Image of Karzai aired in a song
Hewad TV (Kandahar)
Radio Sharq 9.20 PC candidate Fazil Hadi (Nangarhar) Muslimyar voted
11.00 How was the election? It was good and Hamid Karzai will win. Then the anchor stopped the caller. Report Date: 19 August 2009
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Radio Killid 9.41 Report that Dr. Abdullah Nangahar agents are working in a polling station
10.00 Hamid Karzai and Sarwar Ahmadzai voted, Ramazan Bashardost and Ashraf Ghani in Lycee Habibia, Dr. Abdullah and wife in Karte Parwan.
10.25 We voted for Karzai and his posters were torn from Marco area.
13.45 Behsood strongmen came and told people to vote for certain candidates, Mirwais Yasini
14.00 People for PC candidate Fazl Hadi Muslimyar in Lalpoor was campaigning.
Radio 11.24 Reporters tried to Ghaznawiyan interview Dr. Abdullah (Ghazni) observers but nobody gave interview
Radio Amu Poem 12.15 about Karzai read about his achievements in Badakshan
Radio Khorasan Aug. 17 - 11 am Interview with caller said Dr. Abdullah and Hamid Karzai did not do anything while in government
11.09 PC candidate had an interview Aulia Omur
Radio Azad 18.30 Hamid Karzai DS thanking Afghan people for participating in the (Kandahar) election
RTA Kandahar 18.30 Hamid Karzai DS 7 minutes thanking people for participating in the election
Ramazan Bashardost, Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah images shown Report Date: 19 August 2009
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RTA Mazar 9.30 am Gov. Atta interview said that I voted for Dr. Abdullah, and Karzai campaign is committing fraud
And RTA TV reporters looking for fraud cases
RTA Herat Aug 20 Image of Hamid Karzai, Ramazan Bashardost, Dr. Abdullah
Aug. 19 Independence Day message