Sunday, September 13, 2009

Karzai maintains lead in Afghan election


Afghan President Hamid Karzai maintains a substantial lead in the country's August presidential polls, according to partial results issued by election officials on Saturday.

Out of 5,545,149 valid votes from 92.82 percent of the country's polling stations, Karzai has 3,009,559 and his closest challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, the nation's former foreign minister, has 1,558,591, the Independent Election Commission said.

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