Oct 20 2009

Karzai accepts runoff in Afghan election (AP)

Karzai accepts runoff in Afghan election
(AP)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks as Kai Eide, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, stands at left during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – A grim President Hamid Karzai bowed to intense U.S. pressure and agreed Tuesday to a runoff election Nov. 7, acknowledging he fell short of a majority after U.N.-backed auditors stripped him of nearly a third of his votes.

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