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tnr.com - 21 days ago

Abdullah Out

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I'm not sure how to assess Abdullah Abdullah's exit from the Afghan runoff election, which renders Hamid Karzai the unchallenged Afghan president. A runoff election certainly did promise to be tainted by the same fraud we saw last time around--quite likely more, in fact, given how fast they ...

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news.bbc.co.uk - 23 days ago

Abdullah pulls out of Afghan vote

— news.bbc.co.uk — President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced in Kabul that he is withdrawing from the poll."I will not participate in the election," Dr Abdullah told supporters, saying his demands for a ensuring ... (more) Abdullah pulls out of Afghan vote

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mudvillegazette.com - 23 days ago

Abdullah Abduallah pulls out - should we?

— mudvillegazette.com — Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai's main rival for office of President of Afghanistan, has withdrawn from the scheduled Novemvber 7 runoff election there, saying his demands for ensuring a fraud-free election had not been met. However, he stopped short of calling for his supporters to boycott the ... (more) Abdullah Abduallah pulls out - should we?

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news.antiwar.com - 22 days ago

Abdullah to Boycott Runoff as Talks Break Down

— news.antiwar.com — Amid reports that the ongoing election talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and runoff opponent Abdullah Abdullah have broken down , it is widely expected that Abdullah will announce a boycott of the election, perhaps as soon as this weekend. ... (more) Abdullah to Boycott Runoff as Talks Break Down

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Abdullah, Out But Not Silent
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Michael Crowley tries to stay positive: I just heard Abdullah on NPR and he was trashing Karzai, saying that the president bore the blame for the chaos of the past eight years. So, Obama may be forced to carry on with an illegitimate partner in Kabul. That is a fundamental taboo of counterinsurgency doctrine. But that illegitimacy doesn't have to be permanent. If Karzai can make some quick and visible shows of reform, the situation could be salvageable. It's also worth recalling that the Maliki government in Iraq wasn't particularly legitimate ...