Afghanistan Moves to Election Runoff

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CAIRO — Afghanistan is preparing for an election run-off as a UN-
backed Afghan probe has trimmed incumbent President Hamid Karzai’s
vote share to below 50 percent. The result is “stunning”, an election
official familiar with the probe told the Washington Post on Friday,
October 16.
The probe, conducted by the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), has
reduced Karzai’s vote share to only 47 percent.
Preliminary results earlier gave Karzai 54.6 percent of the August 20,
against 28 percent to his main rival Abdullah Abdullah.
Afghan Ambassador to the United States, Said Tayeb Jawad, also
conceded that a runoff is most likely.

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