The Secretary General of the Afghan Independent Election Commission, Daoud Ali Najafi, was asked by reporters about that figure.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Chief Electoral Officer Daoud Ali Najafi informed reporters of the vote totals.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Asked at a press conference in Kabul why the criteria for quarantined votes has changed from 600 per ballot box to more than 1,000,chief electoral officer Daoud Ali Najafi says the ECC just made this decision and the Afghan government's Independent Election Commission agreed to it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Daoud Kuttab, executive producer of "Shara'a Simsim, " knows that the Muppets are highly effective communicators.

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David Daoud, personal computing research director at IDC, is sceptical about the platform's prospects.

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President Daoud was killed and new President Nur Mohammed Taraki proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

CNN: Sunday,