Afghanistan election: Hamid Karzai voting and his closest rivalAbdullah Abdullah are neck-and-neck. Photo: EPA
Western Envoys: Expect Run-Off In Afghanistan Election -- Christian Science Monitor
The Paris meeting today was seen as an effort to pressure incumbent President Hamid Karzai amid the review of more than 1,000 complaints of voting fraud.
PARIS – Western envoys to Afghanistan meeting here Wednesday praised the Afghan people for holding the crucial Aug. 20 presidential election during war. But they also said the West should “be prepared for a run-off” if too many votes are ruled “irregular,” as Kai Eide, the top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, put it in a separate interview.
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