The count in the Afghanistan presidential election from earlier this month is continuing, but at 82.5% of the votes counted, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has confirmed no candidate is going to secure 50 percent, and a run-off must be held.
The current front-runner is Abdullah Abdullah, with Ashraf Ghani having sewn up second place. Zalmay Rassoul, polling at a distant third, will not be able to catch up and get into the two man run-off.
Not that Rassoul is out of the picture, and both candidates in the run-off will clearly court his endorsement, in the hope sthat he can bring some of that 11% of the vote with him into the next round.
It will be the first proper run-off vote in Afghan history. In the first election, President Karzai netted a majority in the first round, winning outright, and in the 2009 election a run-off between Abdullah and Karzai became a moot point when Abdullah withdrew, protesting Karzai’s refusal to implement reforms.
Down with the war criminals who are against Abdulla and for a a war criminals like themselves, a petty servant and enemy of Aghanis.
It will not bode well for an independent Afghanistan if Abdullah Abdullah is elected. He, along with his associates (Massoud, Rabbani, etc.) while posing as Mujahideen were actually in bed with the Soviets all during the Soviet/Afghan War. Russian presence is yet too influential and will be even more so in Afghanistan with the election of Abdullah Abdullah. Send him packing to a dascha in Russia.