Fraud Costs Karzai First-Round Victory

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR

International investigators have found there was massive fraud during Afghanistan's presidential election in August. The finding will cost incumbent Hamid Karzai nearly a third of his votes as well as a first-round victory. Karzai has yet to say whether he'll agree to a runoff election with his main rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

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• Morning Edition, October 20, 2009