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Karzai maintains Afghan poll lead

Source: Al Jazeera

Kabul : Afghanistan | 3 months ago

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Karzai is 26.2 per cent ahead of his closest challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister, with 28.1 per cent in the election commission figures released on Saturday. The commission said that ballots in 92.8 per cent of polling stations had now been counted.

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