Karzai declared winner in Afghan election

Mon, Nov 2 05:45 PM

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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