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| Afghanistan |
| Abdullah Holds Lead in Afghan Presidential Election |
| 2014-04-21 |
| [VOA News] Fresh partial results from Afghanistan's April 5 presidential election show former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... has slightly increased his lead. Although the percentage of his nearest rival has dropped, election officials say it is too soon to determine whether the election will go to a run-off vote. The chairman of the Independent Election Commission, Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani, told news hounds in Kabul Sunday that his staff has counted about half of the estimated seven million ballots cast on the polling day. He said of the eight presidential candidates, Abdullah Abdullah remains in the lead with 44 percent of the vote, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 33 percent. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... Nouristani refused to speculate on whether the two lead candidates are heading for a run-off. "We will be able to let you know in a couple of days whether it is really going to second round or not and it is too early to tell," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |