Afghan rivals claim poll victory - Democratic Underground

Heidi

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Fri Aug-21-09 03:47 AM
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Afghan rivals claim poll victory

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 06:50 GMT, Friday, 21 August 2009 07:50 UK

The two leading contenders for Afghanistan's presidential election have both claimed victory.

The campaign teams for incumbent Hamid Karzai and ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah both said they had won an outright majority.

Electoral officials say the ballot counting is now over and the official result will be announced soon, but warned against predicting the outcome.

Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats to vote in Thursday's poll.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8213374.stm

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bluestateguy

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Fri Aug-21-09 04:10 AM
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1. What if Abdullah Abdullah wins?

Do we call him Double A, or A squared?

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