Afghan: Karzai re-elected
Finance minister says win is big enough to avoid runoff
Posted: August 25, 2009 at 4:42 a.m.
An Afghan Cabinet minister said Monday that President Hamid Karzai won Thursday's presidential election with an overwhelming majority of 68 percent. If confirmed, such a result would eliminate the need for a runoff election in October between Karzai and his top challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, but could raise questions about the vote's credibility.
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