Karzai, Abdullah Both Claim Lead In Afghan Vote (ap)

An Afghan police officer guards ballot boxes before they are removed by election workers at a mosque that was used as a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Campaign teams for President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves Friday as the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, one day after millions of Afghans braved dozens of militant attacks to cast ballots. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP – Both main candidates for Afghan president claimed to be ahead Friday after an election marred by violence, spotty turnout and fraud allegations ? threatening U.S. hopes for Afghans to come together to combat the challenges of Taliban insurgency, corruption and poverty.

Read more

Filed Under: World News


About the Author:

RSSComments (0)

Leave a Reply