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Karzai rival backs Afghan run-off

Source: Al Jazeera
Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 month ago  
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  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference in Kabul
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    Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a news conference in Kabul
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    Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for a news conference in Kabul
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    Afghan President Karzai gestures during a news conference in Kabul
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  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks to U.S. Senator John Kerry during a news conference in Kabul
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  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai and United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide attend a news conference in Kabul
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  • Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul
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  • Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada shakes hands with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul
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  • Afghan President Karzai, U.S. Senator Kerry and U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide attend a news conference in Kabul
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  • U.S. Senator Kerry shakes hands with the UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan Eide after his speech during a news conference with Afghan President Karzai in Kabul
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference in ...
This reduced Karzai's share of the final certified result to 49.62 per cent, below the 50 per cent necessary to avoid a presidential poll run-off with Abdullah. Abdullah said that authorities needed to hold a "free, fair and credible election" and added that citizens must have enough faith in the...
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  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    Afghanistan said overnight they would cast aside dismay over the fraud that marred their presidential election to participate in a second round run-off. Afghans will go to the polls on November 7 to vote in a run-off between the two top contenders...
  • News Source: BBC South Asia | about 1 month ago
    Dr Abdullah Abdullah says the run-off will 'help democracy' in Afghanistan Just when Afghans thought one presidential election was finally ending, another one is just starting. They may be forgiven for wondering why the West keeps telling them...
  • News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | about 1 month ago
    Zekria Rashid said he struggles to find hope when he ponders the future of Afghanistan, the country he fled in 1981. Images More News The problems run so deep, he said Tuesday while sitting in his Fremont restaurant, that he can't envision them...
  • News Source: The Nation | about 1 month ago
    Don't expect any miracles after President Karzai's decision to accept a second round in the much-disputed Afghan elections. (The latest totals give Karzai 49.7 percent of the vote from the August election, just under the 50 percent needed to avoid a...
  • News Source: Al Jazeera | about 1 month ago
    This reduced Karzai's share of the final certified result to 49.62 per cent, below the 50 per cent necessary to avoid a presidential poll run-off with Abdullah. Abdullah said that authorities needed to hold a "free, fair and credible election" and...
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month ago
    Americans are evenly and deeply divided over whether President Barack Obama should send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan and public support for his handling of the war has taken a fall, according to a Washington Post-ABC News public opinion poll...
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  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    President Barack Obama said he called Karzai to welcome his willingness to run in a new election against his main rival Abdullah Abdullah. "President Karzai's constructive actions established an important precedent for Afghanistan's new ...
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    Kerry praised the Afghan leader for "genuine leadership in the decision he has made today." The two men met at least five times before the announcement. ABC-TV reported from Washington that Karzai was refusing the run-off as late as ...
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Karzai, standing alongside Sen. John Kerry and U.N. mission chief Kai Eide, said he welcomed the runoff. He called the decision to hold a second round “legitimate, legal and according to the constitution of Afghanistan.” ... Agreement came at the
  • Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.com
    Afghan President Karzai, under intense international pressure, is likely to announce he is ready for a run-off. ... not something that's going to happen all of the sudden," Gates said. Casualties are rising among the 68000 U.S. troops already in
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Kerry, who stood alongside Karzai and the head of the U.N. in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said the agreement on a second round had transformed the crisis into a “moment of great opportunity,” and praised Karzai for “genuine leadership in the ...
  • Blog Source: www.dailytimesindia.com
    Washington, Oct 21 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Tuesday said Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decision to accept a run-off election represents an important precedent for the country's young democracy. Karzai earlier Tuesday agreed to ...
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