Karzai declared winner as Afghan presidential run-off scrapped

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Updated November 3, 2009 21:59:32

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission has cancelled the final round of voting in the country's presidential election, after the main opposition candidate, Abdullah Abdullah pulled out in protest at wide spread ballot rigging.

Presenter:Speaker: Dr Thomas Gouttierre, Director of the Centre of Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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