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Afghanistan to hold runoff presidential election

Global Politics

After weeks of international pressure, Afghanistan announced that it will now hold a run-off presidential election. We look at the challenges the country will face and what it will mean for incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his rival Abdullah Abdullah.

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