But another entity, the U.N.-supervised Election Complaints Commission, is ordering a partial recount and says it is investigating hundreds of serious fraud allegations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The Taliban, once thought of as a defeated entity, has re-emerged as a full-blown insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

The Taliban is not a single monolithic entity with central control,say analysts.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

"And it would not necessarily be as problematic as in some scenarios if it were not for the fact that the Taliban themselves actually market themselves as being the anti-corruption entity."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

I think we should be suing to get those bonuses back not as the government that gave money to this private entity, but as the owner,saying you know what, you got bonuses that you didn't deserve and we want them back,on the merits."

VOA: standard.2009.03.17