Karzai foe threatens to boycott runoff vote
Posted: November 1, 2009 at 9:38 a.m.
President Hamid Karzai’s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend’s runoff election in an attempt to force a postponement of the vote until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months.
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