Karzai declared winner in Afghan election
November 2nd, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
- Kabul, Nov 2 (DPA) The Afghan Independent Election Commission Monday declared incumbent Hamid Karzai the winner of the presidential election after his challenger Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of a runoff planned for the weekend. Neither had crossed the 50 percent vote mark in the first vote, required to win the presidential poll under the Afghanistan constitution.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
So the U.S.-picked fraud is now the de facto leader? This totally undermines our legitimacy… http://www.newsy.com/videos/abdullah_s_pullout_affects_afghan_poll_runoff_u_s_policy