Date of election of the President of Afghanistan, approved by Decree of the Head of State.

   The Election Commission of Afghanistan adopted as the date for presidential elections on August 20, announced March 4, agency AFP.
The decision of the Electoral Commission accepted the recent decree of President Hamid Karzai, according to which elections were to be appointed in April. According to the head of the electoral commission Azizulafa Lodina, a vote for president this term is not possible due to unsuitable weather conditions and safety reasons.
By law, elections in Afghanistan were to be held in March 2009, but in January it was announced that the vote be postponed until August in connection with the threats articulated by militants of the Taliban. In addition, winter and early spring in the mountain areas of the country is difficult to deliver the newsletters.
Hamid Karzai, who is the president of Afghanistan since 2002, is suspected of corruption and its close relatives of the CIA believed to be involved drug trafficking. In early 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the termination of the unconditional support of the current chapter in Afghanistan and met with the new candidates for the post. Despite this, in January, it was reported that Karzai will again run for president.