Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to Officially Pull out of Run-Off This Weekend?

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Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week‘s presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday.

An announcement could come as early as Saturday but more likely Sunday, the person said.

Abdullah, who was once Karzai’s foreign minister, put forward several conditions earlier this week for the Nov. 7 election to be credible, but intensive talks between the two candidates and their supporters over the past few days broke down Friday, the person, a Westerner, said on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private.

Abdullah gave Karzai until Saturday to agree to the conditions, the person said.

Abdullah May Pull Out Of Afghan Runoff [Huffington Post]

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