Hamid Karzai raises his inked finger after voting in the election. Photograph: Getty ImagesKarzai Orders Security Chiefs To Prepare For Election Run-Off -- Times Online
Afghanistan's security chiefs have been ordered to make emergency preparations for a second round of voting, in the clearest sign yet that Hamid Karzai will admit he didn’t win August’s fraud-ridden presidential poll.
Senior Afghan officials at the Ministry of Interior in Kabul said the president had authorised preparations for a second round.
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