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October 16, 2009

Runoff Election May Be Held in Afghanistan
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Afghan officials say the country will likely hold a runoff election
after an investigation of allegedly fraudulent ballots reduced President
Hamid Karzai’s portion of the vote to about 47 percent. Preliminary
results by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission had given
Karzai over 54 percent of the vote. A runoff would pit Karzai against
his closest challenger, Abdullah Abdullah.



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