Sunday 1 November 2009

Abdullah Says He Is Withdrawing From Afghan Election

Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, announced on Sunday that he would not participate in the Nov. 7 runoff election, but he stopped short of calling on his supporters to boycott the balloting,
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 19:44

2 comments:

  1. primerica1 November 2009 at 22:54

    Well, I don't think this was the best decision because it gives Karzai a free victory. So I guess, now there is perhaps no need for another election, because the result is already decided...maybe even if Abdullah stayed as a candidate there would be some cheating enabling Karzai to be re-elected anyway. Lorne

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  2. exilestreet1 November 2009 at 23:08

    2P/
    Yeah, but it is also a complete vote of NO confidence in Karzai...will be interesting to see what happens, my guess is that a 'little' bit of USA pressure is going to be applied behind the scenes in Karzai's direction to step down. we shall have to wait and see.
    Regards/

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