President Hamid Karzai addresses the press at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Photo: Getty Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai Declared President -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan's election commission has declared that Hamid Karzai is the president after it cancelled Saturday's scheduled run-off.
The chief electoral officer confirmed that a second vote would not take place, a day after Mr Karzai's main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, said he would not take part.
Earlier, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said the UN would respect and support any decision by the Afghan Independent Election Commission on whether to organise a second presidential ballot.
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